The Brown Fire which started on U.S. Army Fort Huachuca on April 13 has burned onto the Coronado National Forest at approximately 11:00 a.m. on April 14.
The Brown Fire is burning in Garden Canyon on the north side of the Huachuca Mountains. It is human-caused under investigation and burning in a remote location. The current size is approximately 300 acres with 0% containment. The fire is burning at the upper elevations in brush and timber. No structures are threatened at this time.
Resources assigned include:
2 hotshot crews on scene – Ironwood IHC & Silver City IHC (3 additional hotshot crews enroute)
Coronado National Forest crew 5 short crew
2 Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATs)
P2V air tankers
1 Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT)
1 Type 3 helicopter
1 Type 2 helicopter
(1 one Type 1 helicopter enroute)
miscellaneous fire engines (crews supporting suppression efforts)
Miscellaneous overhead operations include:
Airtankers have been dropping retardant and helicopters have been dropping buckets of water on the fire to try to minimze the fire’s spread.
Division Supervisors and Crew Supervisors continue to asses the fire to determine the best strategy for containment.