Officials say the Spar Fire, a wildfire in Yavapai County, was sparked Thursday afternoon by someone lighting a charcoal grill, and forward progress has since been stopped.

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The fire was estimated to be about 3.5 acres and was positioned southwest of the Yarnell area.

PHOENIX — Arizona will pay $670,000 to the families of the 19 hotshots who died fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire and will implement new wildland firefighting procedures to improve safety in a global ...

In what is being called the deadliest U.S. wildfire in at least 30 years, an out-of-control blaze trapped and killed 19 firefighters Sunday in central Arizona. They had been forced to use temporary ...

PRESCOTT, Ariz. — It is officially called Prescott Fire Station 7, but there is no mistaking which firefighters, exactly, called this place home. Their name is on the sign outside. Their ...

PHOENIX - Nonprofits have raised an estimated $7 million in response to the Yarnell Hill Fire that killed 19 Arizona firefighters and burned more than 100 homes. Some of the organizations are focusing ...

The widows of three Granite Mountain Hotshots will receive public safety survivor benefits after the Prescott City Council voted Tuesday to end its legal opposition to such payments. The council voted ...