After several recent fires sparked from construction crews, Scottsdale fire is asking crews to better prevent fires from starting and spreading.SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A string of recent construction-caused fires in Scottsdale has the fire department pleading for help to not lose property or lives.
Saturday is one example when, Folio said, a construction crew sparked a three-acre brush fire near Tom's Thumb, and six fires before that too. "That was human-caused, right? No lightning in the area, you know, you got construction in the area and that quickly went to 1,900 acres, you know, and that's a lot - that's over 1,000 people evacuated, we were evacuating livestock, we're bringing in air tankers to protect 15 structures that were immediately exposed," Folio said. "We just walked down into the desert and it's already knee to hip high through here," Folio said.
"Every fire matters because it could result in a fire company leaving their normal area to assist an area that doesn't have fire protection," Lt. Ross Teeple with PCSO said.
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