Tunnel Fire scorches 16,000 acres near Flagstaff

As of Wednesday morning, the Tunnel Fire burning near Flagstaff has grown to more than 16,000 acres. Michael Doudna has the latest on firefighting efforts.

[cmcd]

I saw the fire on Sunday...about an hour after it was first reported. It was still small.
I'm surprised it wasn't put out before all this happened.
It was 2 full days before the winds blew it out of control. Senseless.

[ettaplace]

Soo sorry to the people who have lost their homes in beautiful flagstaff!! 😢

[Desertvanlife]

Yep they ALWAYS wait to call in the resources it's out of that's what killed the guys in Prescott .
Supervisors where being too cheap to call in the big planes which would be more

[tammiebroggins]

Fyi. A gun can start a fire to with these folks out in the forest target practicing.

[israelect]

This is April. The ungodly need to prepare.

[lorinapetranova]

All it takes is dryness n wind to cause a spark from a grinder or even an axe hitting a rock wrong, wires that touch in the wind....had several brown outs this past month not in flagstaff area. We had ground fires from hot catalytic converters when people pull over on the hwy.

[richardphillips]

Just be careful with fires. And you know damn well it's probably was dry there. Blame it on a windy day. Be careful.

[yazzeh]

Prayers for the people who are effected by this fire. I hate when these fire happen here around my city.. Hope they can contain it and put the fire out soon. And another thing. I checked out of my hotel this morning and seen this guy checking out too. Big channel 12 news van was there too. Ha

[waynegilchrist]

The caption says, "Tunnel fire" ? Should it perhaps have been a, "Funnel fire, " as in a fire tornado? I know that the fact there's a devastating fire is the point but I was trying to make sense out of the headline of the news item. In other words I am still trying to understand what "tunnel" has to do with this.

[elrieselelriel]

And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. (Job 2:2)
- Repent. Jesus, the King of kings, is coming soon.