Arizona Crews Mobilize: Pocket Fire Response Intensifies with Incoming Reinforcements

More resources have arrived to help with suppression efforts on the roughly 500-acre Pocket Fire located about 7 miles north of Sedona in the Oak Creek Canyon area. Evacuations remain in effect in the Oak Creek Canyon area and state Route 89A remains closed between Fort Tuthill and the north end of Sedona. Woody Mountain Road (Forest Road [FR] 231) is closed past Forest Road 536. A formal closure order for the area surrounding the Pocket Fire is expected to be established soon. The latest evacua