Cave Creek Complex Wildfire

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates The Cave Creek Complex Wildfire was the third largest forest fire in the state of Arizona to date, after the Rodeo–Chediski Fire and Wallow Fire.

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The Cave Creek Complex Fire seen from space on June 30

History

The fire started on June 21, 2005, by a lightning strike and scorched Template:Convert.

Within an hour, the fire had already burned from Template:Convert.

When news agencies were covering the story, a FOX news affiliate captured video of the historic Cave Creek Mistress mine destroyed by the fire as soon as the fire touched it. The mine was a total loss.

The largest recorded saguaro cactus — standing at 46 feet tall and having a base circumference of 7 feet, 10 inches — was also injured in this fire, and later collapsed.

Bibliography

• (2005). "FEMA Authorizes Funds To Help Arizona Fight Cave Creek Complex." FEMA.gov. Retrieved September 8.
• (2005). "Crews Work to Turn Arizona Wildfire Away From Homes." Los Angeles Times. June 24.
• (2005). "Western Flames." FOXNews. Retrieved September 8, 2007.

External links

• Incident report, last update (July 14, 2005)