I returned home from Flagstaff to welcome news: the Horseshoe Fire is virtually extinguished! The Forest Service's fly-overs with infrar...

Well, maybe jubilation is overstating it... but a wetting rain did fall on the Horseshoe Fire last night, 0.12" at our house! Lightning...

This morning at the fire briefing in Portal, the new map for the Horseshoe Fire hadn't changed from the last one: the small amount of bu...

This morning's briefing on the Horseshoe Fire was held under cloudy skies, with a ragged trace of virga falling to the northeast. The tr...

Remember our Type 1 fire team led by Dugger Hughes? They are now in Flagstaff dealing with a much more extreme situation than the Horseshoe ...

Yesterday the Horseshoe Fire was inordinately well-behaved: I saw no smoke! The fire crews report that the fire continues to back into the S...

The Horseshoe Fire's continuing advance north has triggered new suppression efforts. It is still backing down drainages in South Fork Ca...

At this morning's briefing in Portal, fire team leaders summarized yesterday's work and laid out the tasks for today. The fire's...

Today while participating in the annual census of Elegant Trogons in the Chiricahua Mountains, I had the opportunity to go into South Fork w...

At last night's community meeting in Portal regarding the Horseshoe Fire, the fire team gave us a glimpse into how their strategies are ...

Fire briefing on June 17 (Photos by Narca) The fire crew, which is working to contain the Horseshoe Fire that continues to burn in the Chir...

The community meeting originally set for tonight has been rescheduled for tomorrow night at 7 PM at the Portal Fire & Rescue classroom. ...

At this morning's fire briefing in Portal, USFS District Ranger Bill Edwards spoke of a shift in strategy from letting the Horseshoe Fir...

The Horseshoe Fire still burns in the Chiricahua Wilderness, working its way northeast along the ridge leading toward Portal Peak. As of thi...

This morning's fire map shows the northerly movement through yesterday of the Horseshoe Fire. Today's moderately strong winds have b...

Yesterday's milder winds drove the Horseshoe Fire a ways north along the spine of the Chiricahua Mountains. The fire encountered rocky b...

At tonight's community meeting, the Type 1 fire team led by Dugger Hughes passed the torch to Roy Hall's team, which specializes in ...

Firefighters contending with the Horseshoe Fire achieved 25% containment when water drops were successful in stopping the fire's advance...

For those of you trying to put the location of the fire into the context of the larger region, here is another map!

Yellow and yellow-orange areas show the spread of Horseshoe Fire during morning and afternoon of June 3, 2010. Most recently the Horseshoe ...