A community meeting on the Slide Fire will be held this afternoon at 4p.m. (May 23rd) in Sedona at the Sedona High School Performing Arts Center, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Road in Sedona. The fire has grown to approximately 7,500 acres. Closures: · Highway 89A from Sedona to Fort Tuthill in Flagstaff · Forest Road (FR) 535 at Highway 89A · FR 533 at Highway 89A · FR 231 at Rogers Lake · FR 527 and 530 (west side; Volunteer Canyon area) · Casner Mountain is closed to all vehicles Evacuations: Evacuations remain in place in Oak Creek Canyon from Slide Rock State Park to Sterling Springs Hatchery. Coconino County issued a pre-evacuation notice to residents of Kachina Village and Forest Highlands subdivisions. Residents are advised to be prepared to evacuate. County Emergency Management encourages those in the affected neighborhoods to begin packing important items they may need for several days. These items include prescriptions, important papers, any special dietary needs and pets. No new evacuations are in place at this time. Coconino County is reminding people to register their cellphone number with the County’s CodeRED emergency notification system at coconino.az.gov/emergency Only those residents whose numbers are registered will receive a direct phone call about any type of pre- or mandatory evacuation order. To get the latest updates on the fire click on the link below.
Posted on: Fri, 23 May 2014 17:20:27 +0000