Garden/Antelope Fire Flames 2011 near Buffalo Soldier & Avenida Cochise Sierra Vista

17 June 2011, around 2:45 pm. View of the Antelope fire approaching the intersection of Buffalo Soldier and Avenida Cochise in Sierra Vista (next to Ft. Huachuca).

*Info found about this from the SV Herald, 6:15pm:

The cause of the Antelope Fire on Fort Huachuca was determined to have been caused by a road grader doing work on the Army installation.
The equipment was being used to build a fire line, but a spark somehow ignited the tinder-dry grassland.
According to a release from the fort, "The fire on the fort this afternoon was caused by the blade of a bulldozer sparking while dozing a fire break. It is dangerously dry in our beautiful high desert. Please be very careful and mindful of the high fire danger."
The fort also estimated about 2,400 acress of grassland were burned in the afternoon fire.
The trouble caused a quick response from firefighters as the winds blew the fire toward the La Terraza subdivision and other areas east of Cherokee Avenue that prompted an evacuation order. The blaze also impacted all along Buffalo Soldier Trail from the main gate to approximately St. Andrews Drive.
That stretch of road was closed off to protect the public and to allow firefighters clearance to battle the blaze.
After BST was reopened at approximately 6:50 p.m. Friday, scorched earth could be seen all along the roadway with patches of the median between BST having been on fire.
The Antelope Fire came periously close to damaging not only the residences and businesses alongside BST, but also in the housing subdivision bordering Cherokee Avenue.
The quick response of firefighters adverted what could have been a major fire in those two housing areas of Sierra Vista."

See map showing location of this fire and Monument fire:

http://www.sierravistaaz.gov/egov/gallery/1631308590450701.jpg

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[jssaenz86]

that is not the monument fire, was a fire started by some heavy equipment on fort huachuca...

[star3473]

@jssaenz86 Please see the description of the video. I had updated the information within the description the day I posted, but forgot to fix the title, sorry if you were mislead. Also, now they are calling it the "Garden fire", just fyi.

[daveaz85635]

This fire burned 2200 acres in 2 hours.



[CollaborationSeries]

That entire field was on fire. My house is right next to gas city.

[Concatenate]

I'm surprised you were able to get footage like that, considering you were standing probably right next to a gas pump with a raging inferno just a short distance away. Amazing that they got that fire under control as quickly as they did. Cheers for uploading the vid.

[RagnarokArrives]

Nice video. You got a good shot of that fire.

[cuprite9]

Thanks for posting.