Fire info

As some of you have heard now, a fire started Sunday about 10 miles south of Sierra Vista, the town by Fort Huachuca.  It has continued to spread and only about 15% contained at this time.  47 houses have been damaged or destroyed due to the fire and many families are evacuated due to the spreading.  The Monument fire is still about 5 miles away from town.  We were advised in our neighborhood and the others here near the base of a canyon to keep watering our lawns and perimeter of our houses for preventative measures in case flames come through the canyon.  At 2 pm today, another fire unrelated to the Monument Fire broke out on the south end of base away from the housing units.  However, due to the rapid spread of this fire, houses now in south Sierra Vista are being evacuated and Will's class was let out early.  I added a link below this that you can click on for more information containing these fires.  There's usually new info every hour it seems so you can keep referring back to that if wondering how things are going.  Grayson and i dropped off a number of items to a shelter in town and other drop of sites for items needed for those working to fight the fire as well as evacuees.  They were very thankful for all the items and it's at least a small way I can help those in need.  Please keep our area in your thoughts and prayers.  We are in desperate need of the winds to stop that have been strong these last two days as well as an early monsoon season so we can get some rain.  It hasn't rained in over 2 months in the area so things are VERY dry.... as expected for the SW in the summer! :)  We'll let you know if anything happens and if we end up having to evacuate as well.  


Info on the Monument fire and fire on post
Pics from Monument Fire from a day ago