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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Safford Fire Department: Safford Firefighters train for hot environments. It was this type of training that helped them battle a devastating fire that destroyed a family’s home. Staff …
Fundraising efforts underway for family after devastating Safford house fire Read More
TweetPinShareContributed File Photo: Members of a state prison wildland fire crew work on a previous fire. More than 100 inmates became members of the state’s first Arizona Healthy Forest Initiative …
Arizona inmates forming the first-ever Healthy Forest Crew trained at Fort Grant Unit, ASPC-Safford Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: A home still under construction in Central was struck by lightning and burned to the ground during a severe thunderstorm on Monday afternoon. By Jon Johnson …
Lightning burns down home in Central Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Caution tape surrounds a pile of burned wood and metal in the Safford Builders Supply/Ace Hardware lumber yard. A fire consumed various assets late Thursday night. …
Fire damages Ace Hardware lumber yard Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Stephen Nathaniel Salas, 45, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for setting his ex-girlfriend’s apartment on fire. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A Safford …
Man receives 10-year sentence for setting ex-girlfriend’s apartment on fire Read More
TweetPinShareGirl was attempting to “spit fire” By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – A 12-year-old girl was flown to the Arizona Burn Center at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix on …
12-year-old girl accidentally sets face on fire Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: The Safford Fire Department extinguished a house fire believed to have started due to the disposal of spent fireworks. Blaze started by spent fireworks By …
Neighbor alerts residents to house fire Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo By Breck McClaine: A lightning-caused wildfire is burning in the West Peak area of Mount Graham. This is a view of the fire from the Bonita area. By …
Mount Graham is on fire . . . again Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: The fire season started late in the Gila Valley but it has ramped up the past two weeks with multiple wildfires and structure fires. Second …
Fires continue to tax volunteer staffs Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: A fire started by a candle destroyed a couple’s home just northeast of Safford. Victims vow to rebuild By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – Gene …
Fire started by candle destroys couple’s home Read More