WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Firefighters from the Williams Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest, Parks Bellemont Fire Department and Sherwood Forest Estates worked together to put out a 15-acre brush fire Tuesday afternoon.
The fire, which is being called the Beacon Fire, was found around 3 p.m. burning grass and pine trees south of I-40 near the Sherwood Forest Estates.
It took about two hours to contain the fire. Several people who live in the neighborhood helped firefighters using their own tools and equipment.
The fire was 15.6 acres and burned private and National Forest land.
The cause of the Beacon fire is still under investigation.
