Palominas Fire District
Hereford, AZ
Palominas Fire District
10202 South Highway
Hereford, AZ 85615
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The Monument Fire at night.
A home in Wild Horse after the fire....
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Palominas Fire District
Hereford, AZ
Palominas Fire District
10202 South Highway
Hereford, AZ 85615
Message Center: TekStar 24x80
Stewart Church Signs
www.
stewartsigns.
com 1-800-237-3928
The Monument Fire at night.
A home in Wild Horse after the fire.
The fire approaches Wild Horse
community.
Fire District Gifted Sign for Saving Community
In June of 2011, an Arizona community thought
they were going to lose everything.
A very dry winter
had left plant life tinder-dry and with winds gusting over
50 miles per hour, the stage had been set for a “perfect
storm” in the Sierra Vista area.
Nicknamed the
Monument Fire, the blaze started in the Coronado
National Monument at the southern tip of the Huachuca
Mountains near the Mexican border.
It spread quickly to
the north through canyons near the Sierra Vista.
At one point the fire crossed Arizona State Route
92 and headed for Hereford, an area that has about 3,200
homes.
Police and fire officials swarmed neighborhoods
in the area with
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