The Eastern Arizona Incident Management team led by John Philbin will be taking command of the Rock Fire Sunday morning June 23rd. There are 215 personnel working on the fire at this time with air support and ground crews. The latest information from the fire on the Fort Apache Reservation has indicated that the actual size of the fire is closer to 750 acres in size. Both ground crews and air support will be aggressively attacking the fire again tomorrow. Winds are expected to be up again tomorrow with a chance of 5 to 10 mph higher winds than we saw today and humidity is expected to be around 8% again.

Tonight smoke will most likely settle into the low lying areas and may cause some visibility issues, please use caution if driving in the area. Also please be on the lookout for crews through out the area.

As always we remind our visitors and residents to use extreme caution this time of year with anything that could potentially ignite even a small spark. Do not toss cigarettes carelessly out of windows, check spark arrestors on any equipment and campfires are prohibited! Even a small spark could start a major fire!

Check back tomorrow for additional updates as they become available.