Crooks Fire Burning Near Prescott AZ - Crooks Fire Groom Creek AZ, Prescott National Forest
Channel: Carz Plus
Date: 2022-04-26

The Crooks Fire started April 18, 2022 and was first noticed around 10:20 that morning. If you'd like to know where is the fire burning near Prescott Arizona, this video should be helpful. As I recorded this video, it had burned 3,100 acres. The fire is located 11 nautical miles south of Prescott-Bradshaw Ranger District (T12N, R2W, SEC 1), near Mt Union. I've made this video, especially for my mom in Wisconsin. I'm going to show our viewers, friends and family and those back home my perspective of the fire burning near Prescott AZ.

Here is the link to US Forest Service - Prescott National Forest Facebook page. There's a lot of useful information here: https://www.facebook.com/PrescottNF

Basic Crooks Fire information April 26, 2022, Video Publication Date, Courtesy Signals AZ.
3,914 acres
Percent Containment: 22%
Date Detected: April 18, 2022
Personnel Assigned: 675
Cause: Under investigation
Origin/Location: 10 miles of Prescott-Bradshaw Ranger District
Resources Assigned: 6 – Type 1 Hotshot crews, 5 – Type 2 Hand crews, 38 – Engines, 11 – Helicopters, Miscellaneous Equipment, and Overhead.

INFORMATION BELOW ARE UPDATES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER WITH THE OLDEST UPDATE, AT THE END OF THIS VIDEO DESCRIPTION.

Crooks Fire May 4th Update SIGNALZ AZ: https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/crooks-fire-may-4th-update/

CROOKS FIRE UPDATE MAY 3, 2022 KNAU: The Crooks Fire burning near Prescott is now 83% contained at just over 9,400 acres. https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2022-05-03/wildfire-update-tuesday-may-3-2022-crooks-fire-containment-grows-many-evacuations-lifted-tunnel-fire-close-to-full-containment

WILDFIRE UPDATE, MONDAY, MAY 2, 2022 KNAU: CONTAINMENT GROWS, CROOKS FIRE EVACUATIONS REMAIN IN PLACE: https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2022-05-02/wildfire-update-monday-may-2-2022-containment-grows-crooks-fire-evacuations-remain-in-place
 
CROOKS FIRE UPDATE APRRIL 30 AZ CENTRAL: Crooks Fire: Over 9,400 acres scorched; fire crews prepare for critical weather conditions over weekend https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-wildfires/2022/04/30/crooks-fire-acres-burned-near-prescott-containment/9598594002/

CROOKS FIRE UPDATE APRIL 29, US FOREST SERVICE, PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/prescott/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD1016471

UPDATE FOR APRIL 27 SIGNALS AZ: https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/crooks-fire-april-27th-update/

Video: UPDATE OF 3 FIRES BURNING ACROSS ARIZONA, INCLUDING CROOKS FIRE: YOUTUBE VIDEO 12 NEWS APRIL 26TH, 2020: https://youtu.be/iiJxRfLq93A The Locklin Fire, The Crooks Fire and the Tunnel Fire 

UPDATE FOR APRIL 26 AZ CENTRAL: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-wildfires/2022/04/26/crooks-fire-blaze-still-more-than-6-400-acres-near-prescott/7449716001/

Video: FIRE CREWS PROTECTING ONEOF ARIZONA'S OLDEST STRUCTURES FROM CROOKS FIRE APRIL 25TH, 2022: https://youtu.be/OVxoRfP6E_k

UPDATE FOR APRIL 25 COPPER STATE NEWS: https://copperstate.news/arizonafire-news/item/1649-smoke-impact-from-crooks-fire

SMOKE UPDATE FROM CROOKS FIRE APRIL 25 SIGNALS AZ: https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/crooks-fire-update-for-april-25th/

COPPER STATE NEWS APRIL 19: Incident Management Team to Assume Command of the Crooks Fire https://copperstate.news/prescott-news/item/1634-incident-management-team-to-assume-command-of-the-crooks-fire