01 July, 2017
It now covers over 54,000 acres (21,853 hectares).
He urges residents to create a defensible space around their homes.
One house has been destroyed and about 170 have been evacuated near the fire outside Durango.
But authorities estimated that the fire only burned a handful of homes.
Investigators are still trying to figure how the fire started. They had reportedly been arguing about the possible dangers of the Goodwin Fire. "Firefighters are working diligently", says Perry.
The fire about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Phoenix had forced State Route 69 to be shut down, but the closure was lifted early Friday.
Those firefighters are expected to arrive Friday. The red dots represent heat detected by a satellite at 4:17 a.m. MDT June 29.
Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher said he witnessed on Tuesday what he figured was an unthinkable tragedy, a wildfire with 50- to 60-foot flames racing straight toward the heart of Mayer.
Authorities allowed some evacuated residents back in Thursday and expect to let more return.
Although the fire is still very nasty and has consumed over 58,000 acres since it began two weeks ago in Brian head. Fire districts from around the Verde Valley dispatched crew members to help.
Officials made the 911 calls public on Wednesday. Mayer has about 1,400 residents.
Mandatory Evacuation orders have already been issued for all of Mayer. The fire is only 20 percent contained.
Some of the 200 firefighters on the scene are providing protection for nearby neighborhoods, but there are no evacuations.
Fires that flared dangerously close to homes in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles and in the city of Burbank were knocked down. The fire was ignited by someone using a weed-burning torch.
An illegally operated drone flew into the fire area Wednesday, forcing all firefighting aircraft to be grounded for safety reasons. Drones are banned around wildfires. Law enforcement responded and is investigating the incident.
The blaze spread up to 18-thousand acres.
On California's Central Coast, evacuation orders remain in place for sparsely populated rural areas of San Luis Obispo County east of the town of Santa Margarita due to a almost 2-square-mile (5 sq. kilometer) fire. It's also in steep, rugged terrain that makes it hard for firefighters to reach. The fire has so far charred about 28 square miles (73 square kilometers), all the while being fanned by winds whipping up to 35 mph (56 kph).
The local sheriff said he thought all hope was lost as the massive fire approached the larger town of Dewey-Humboldt. Officials are not immediately sure how many are homes.
