13 On Your Side’s Vanessa Gongora Spoke to the Bureau of Land Management About the Current Situation

YUMA COUNTY, AZ (KYMA, KECY) – The West Main fire near Lake Mitry spread and continued through the night, consuming nearly 900 acres of vegetation, including salt cedar and mallow.

The fires are on the California and Arizona sides of the Colorado River.

BLM spokeswoman Dolores Garcia said the fire was still at 0% control as of Friday afternoon.

She said the infrastructure around Betty’s Kitchen Recreation Area was threatened.

“While there are no threats to housing at this time, some infrastructure related to Laguna Dam and the polder adjacent to the river heading to the Laguna Dam area are threatened or slightly affected,” said Garcia. explained.

The fire risk is still considered very high.

“The conditions are generally hot and dry, and these fires tend to be flammable and exhibit very violent fire behavior,” Garcia said.

Due to the fire’s involvement in multiple jurisdictions, neighboring departments are assisting BLM in fighting the fire.

“Because it was privately owned in origin, we worked with the Arizona Forestry Administration’s Joint Command, Landfill Service, and now we have Fort Yuma tribal land involved,” Garcia explained. . I still use air. There are several fireboats and engines on site.

Roads along S24 and Imperial Dam Road and roads to Betty’s Kitchen remain closed to traffic.

Garcia said the cause of the fire was not related to natural causes.

“What we do know is that one of the natural causes, lightning, did not occur in the area, so we are in a situation where we are investigating human causes,” said Garcia. continued Mr.

The fire is still under investigation and could take days to fully extinguish.

Garcia said fire controls are still in place on federal lands to keep out campfires, fireworks, gunfire and other factors that can cause wildfires.