If you want to get a sense of what it was to be near the Bighorn Fire yesterday, watch this terrifying video from the Mount Lemmon Fire Department.

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  6. People were having to pull to the side of the road quite a few times on the I 10 as the smoke was so bad you couldn’t see car in front of you… Wishing all are safe from this inferno…

  7. The Mt. Lemmon Fire Dept. lost their original structures in the Aspen fire. They rebuilt and have the new structures.

  8. This is a scary time for all of us. The fire and Coronavirus. Coming from all directions. May the goid Lird keep us safe in these trying times.
    🙏🙏🙏

  10. I live in Modesto Calif and I had the unending pleasure of driving up with my Tucson friend, to the top of Mt.Lemmon 3 years ago. Broken hearted to see this fire destroying the landscape, homes, FD, animals and birds.Praying so hard that no lives will be lost in this horrendous battle

  12. They should have been “raking the forest”…Trump’s comment about California wildfires…

  13. You can’t use motorized “Rakes” here in Arizona. It’s mountains, steep crevasses, canyons and Semi-Arid plant life, meaning cactuses. Unlike California where it was sheer incompetence and state government corruption.

  14. Wow ,scary this is obviously the work of Donald trump ,his policies on the environment cause 649% more lightning strikes in AZ……..really, my prof at the UofA said so

  15. I’m a native Tucsonan. Mt Lemon was always a go to place to get out of the heat. It’s a very sad situation.
    David K Seger: DO NOT BLAME ANYONE FOR THIS@ Knucklehead!!

  16. This fire is NOT the work of anyone other than Mother Nature. This is not political!

    Damn shame. Mt Lemon is always a lovely ride. I grew up going to our cabin my grandpa built. So many memories. God bless the firefighters & people assisting with this horrible life changing situation.

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    If you want to get a sense of what it was to be near the Bighorn Fire yesterday, watch this terrifying video from the Mount Lemmon Fire Department.

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    TAZAG
    06/18/2020 AT 4:15 PM

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    Holy crap.

    MOLLY E. HOLZSCHLAG
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    Terrifying is semantically accurate alright.

    ADRI
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    oh my god

    SHIRLEY KINSEY
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    God keep the firefighters safe.Heroes x

    SANDRA MCDANIEL
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    Oh my word!!! Does anyone know if they survived it? Prayers for the firefighters!

    BARBARA SCHOFIELD
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    People were having to pull to the side of the road quite a few times on the I 10 as the smoke was so bad you couldn’t see car in front of you… Wishing all are safe from this inferno…

    CINDY MCCALLIE HEDIN
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    The Mt. Lemmon Fire Dept. lost their original structures in the Aspen fire. They rebuilt and have the new structures.

    WONDERBALL835
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    This is a scary time for all of us. The fire and Coronavirus. Coming from all directions. May the goid Lird keep us safe in these trying times.
    🙏🙏🙏

    CAROL FIMBRES-GAUGHAN
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    Prayers for the residents, animals and firefighters.
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    GLSSGAL
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    I live in Modesto Calif and I had the unending pleasure of driving up with my Tucson friend, to the top of Mt.Lemmon 3 years ago. Broken hearted to see this fire destroying the landscape, homes, FD, animals and birds.Praying so hard that no lives will be lost in this horrendous battle

    VICKI HIRE
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    Prayers for the firefighters and also for all the birds & animals. So very sad!

    CHARLES
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    They should have been “raking the forest”…Trump’s comment about California wildfires…

    SCOTT
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    You can’t use motorized “Rakes” here in Arizona. It’s mountains, steep crevasses, canyons and Semi-Arid plant life, meaning cactuses. Unlike California where it was sheer incompetence and state government corruption.

    DAVID K SEGER
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    Wow ,scary this is obviously the work of Donald trump ,his policies on the environment cause 649% more lightning strikes in AZ……..really, my prof at the UofA said so

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    BARB EATON ALBERTSEN
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    This fire is NOT the work of anyone other than Mother Nature. This is not political!

    Damn shame. Mt Lemon is always a lovely ride. I grew up going to our cabin my grandpa built. So many memories. God bless the firefighters & people assisting with this horrible life changing situation.

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  19. Strange it doesn’t indicate over what period of time is the time lapse. 15 hours? 20 hours? Does anyone know?

  24. This fire should have never been able to get this large and out of control. The Santa Catalina mountains are triangular shaped and this fire started on one corner of that triangle. If the largest planes capable of fighting wildfires were used first off, this fire could have been isolated to that corner of the triangle and not allowed to burned up the entire Santa Catalina mountain range to where there is the need for so many fire fighters to put their lives on the fire line.

  25. This fire should have never been able to get this large or out of control, the Santa Catalina mountains are triangular shaped and this fire started on one of the corners of that triangle. If the largest planes capable of fighting wildfires were used first off, this fire could have been isolated to that corner, rugged terrain or not, and without the need for so many fire fighters to put their lives on the fire line.

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