6/19/16 6:00 Show Low, AZ – Several public meetings are scheduled on Monday June 20, and Tuesday June 21. The first meeting is being hosted by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, the town of Pinetop-Lakeside is hosting the second meeting and the City of Show Low is hosting the third meeting. The public meetings are at the following locations:

• June 20, 2016, 11:00am, Hon Dah Casino Conference Center, Whiteriver Conference room, 777 AZ-260, Pinetop, AZ
• June 20, 2016, 6:30pm, Blue Ridge High School, Main Auditorium 1200 W. White Mountain Blvd., Lakeside, AZ
• June 21, 2016, 5:30pm, Show Low City Hall, Council Chamber 181 N, 9th St., Show Low, AZ

Members of the Southwest Incident Management Team will provide an update on current and anticipated fire activity, and will answer questions.

Please follow the Cedar Fire social media accounts and website for future announcements pertaining to the public meetings.

Official update *****6/19/16 at 2:48 pm*******

Fire activity has increased along the southern edge of the fire as predicted, specifically along the southeast and southwest flanks.

The fire remains north of Long Tom Canyon and west of Cedar Creek.

Meteorologists are predicting a shift in winds around 8pm from the current north/northwest direction back to the southern direction that we have seen throughout the past few days.  This will potentially slow fire growth as the winds turn the fire back to areas that have already been burned

The fire is advancing south toward the Gila County line and the Carrizo and Cedar Creek communities, however, there are NO pre-evacuation notices for those communities at this time. Incident Management teams will continue to work with the White Mountain Apache Tribe to determine the best course of action.

The fire is also actively burning south along Hwy 60. Firefighters, in coordination with Navopache Electric, are looking for opportunities to conduct burnout operations along the highway. When they are able to conduct these operations, the electric cooperative may need to turn off the power line for a short time to provide for the safest possible environment for firefighters.

The Incident management team has ordered additional resources to assist in the continued firefighting efforts including 6 additional fire crews and additional aircraft

Official fire update ****6/19/16 at 11:16 am****

Fire is contained at 40%. Fire was most active on the South side of the fire during the night. Winds changed direction overnight pushing more smoke into the Highway 73 corridor as well as Whiteriver. Smoke may be more visible today and develop into columns that can be seen some distance from the fire. Weather is expected to cool after today with increased chance of storms and humidity next week.  We remain under pre-evacuation notice at this time.