CORDES JUNCTION, Ariz. (AP) -- A brush fire burning south of here was fully contained Wednesday night at 6,847 acres, officials said.
Wendell Peacock, a spokesman for the team fighting the Sunset Point fire, said no structures were threatened and the blaze was no longer threatening power lines.
About 25 firefighters and two engines were mopping up the fire and putting out hot spots Wednesday night, officials said.
The Sunset Point fire came as close as a mile north of Black Canyon City, but the blaze was no longer burning near the city, Peacock said.
Interstate 17 near the fire reopened Tuesday afternoon, but drivers were advised to proceed carefully because of damaged guard rails along the highway.
AZTEC FIRE
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) -- Crews worked Wednesday to build more than two miles of containment lines around a 1,300-acre wildfire in southern Arizona, officials said.
The lines around the Aztec fire were 80 percent complete by Wednesday night and full containment was expected by Friday, said Jackie Buchanan, a spokeswoman for the crews fighting the blaze.
While people living in 15 houses in the fire's path had been voluntarily evacuated earlier in the week, the blaze was no longer threatening homes and those residents were allowed to return home.
Portions of the Aztec fire burned in steep, rocky terrain and in narrow canyons, making it difficult for firefighters to attack the blaze in the Coronado National Forest.
The fire was first spotted Saturday afternoon and caused by an abandoned campfire.
About 350 people and three helicopters were fighting the blaze.
GOLDWATER FIRE
AJO, Ariz. (AP) -- A 55,000-acre brush fire on the Barry Goldwater Air Force Range north of here was 70 percent contained Wednesday, authorities said.
Fifty-five firefighters were working on the fire, which had spread to the Sauceda Mountains south of Gila Bend, said Lt. Brady Smith, a spokesman for Luke Air Force Base.
The Goldwater fire was expected to be fully contained within the next three days.
No structures or power lines were threatened.
The fire was burning in steep, rocky terrain in desert landscape that includes cacti and mesquite, Smith said.
The blaze was under investigation and began in an area where aircraft do not drop ordnance.
Previously, the fire had prompted officials to close Highway 85, but it was reopened Tuesday night, Smith said.
