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Jones Fire: Fire breaks out near Wickenburg, check maps and evacuation updates; shocking video surfaces

this jones fire More than 100 acres have been burned and it has been active near the Hassayampa Valley, according to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management. Firefighters came to a halt on the 89.5-acre property at 7:46 p.m., officials said. However, due to brush fireeight to ten RVs were destroyed.

Jones Fire: Fire near Wickenburg, check maps and evacuation updates; shocking video surfaces (@azstateforestry/X)

“The fire is burning on both sides of the river bottom and on both sides of Highway 60,” the statement read in part. “On the other side of the fire, a dozen engines are working in conjunction with two large aerial tankers and four single-engine aerial tankers.”

not injured has been reported.

At 6:41 p.m., the alert said: “US60 is open in both directions, restrictions may remain in place, please drive with caution.”

Maps and shocking video of the fire have also surfaced:

Some evacuees said it was scary that the hottest days of the year were yet to come. Her husband, Erykah Santana, and their two dogs said they are among Wickenburg residents who may not be able to return home due to evacuation orders.

“We’ll have to wait and see. We might go to the city and stay with family,” Santana said.

Santana is in a wheelchair.

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“I’m a little nervous,” she said. “We’re in a very dry area and people aren’t always careful with what they do, which worries me because it’s so easy to start a fire.”

American Red Cross officials said a shelter has been set up at Wickenburg High School.

one Departure alert Notices have been issued asking residents to evacuate areas from Highway 93 to Zabel Mine Road and the railroad tracks west of Highway 60 to the east of Highway 60.

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