Smoke from the Schultz Pass fire tints the sky red as the fire moves closer to nearby residences. (Photo: Kyle Anderson / NAZ Today)

Schultz Wildfire Now At 5000 Acres and Growing, Type-1 Command Team On The Way

Update: Fire now at 8,800 acres. Read about it here.
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today) – The Schultz Wildfire that started late Sunday morning near Schultz Pass has grown to over 5000 acres in size as of 8:30 p.m., forcing residents of the Wupatki Trail and Timberline neighborhoods to evacuate. Residents of the Fernwood neighborhood have not been [...]

**FILE** A plume of smoke rises from the Schultz Fire, as seen from NAU's central campus, 6/20/10. (Photo: Kyle Anderson / NAZ Today)

Wildfire Sparks Up Schultz Pass Area

Read the updated article here.
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today) – Another fire in the Flagstaff area has sparked up in the Schultz Pass area, approximately six miles north of the Flagstaff downtown area.
Evacuations of the now 50-acre fire are beginning in Timberline, Wupatki Trail, and Fort Timberline neighborhoods with Wupatki Estates and Fernwood on standby. With 15-17 [...]

Randall Nicholson in a booking photo from the Flagstaff Police Department. (Photo: Flagstaf PD)

Man Arrested in Connection with Hardy Fire

FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today) – Flagstaff Police have arrested 54 year old Californian Randall Nicholson on charges of “Burning of Wild-Land” in connection with the Hardy Wildfire that started Saturday afternoon.
Police investigators say Nicholson was camping in the area where the fire started on Saturday, and had started a small cooking fire.
Based on witness statements and [...]

Police respond to the Super 8 motel after an armed man robs the business. (Photo: Chad Black / APSN.us)

Man Robs Super 8 Motel at Gunpoint

A man armed with a black semi-automatic weapon robbed the Super 8 motel on Kasper Drive in Flagstaff around 1:25 p.m. this afternoon.
Thomas Elementary and a nearby day care center were placed under lock-down, according to the Flagstaff Police Department.
The suspect, described as a black male, about six feet tall and with an average [...]

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