NEW MEXICO
(KRQE) – The Oak Ridge Fire is burning near the New Mexico-Arizona border on the Navajo Nation, west of Window Rock, AZ. It’s currently burning about 6,000 acres in size.
Trout Fire burns two structures, grows to 47,294 acres
Some residents in the area have been instructed to evacuate as the fire is currently zero percent contained.
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Start Date/Time:
6/28/2025 -
Cause:
Under Investigation -
Size:
6,292 acres -
Containment:
0% -
Location:
8 miles SW Window Rock, AZ -
Resources:
420 personnel. Additional resources continue to arrive on scene including five more crews and 10 engines. Aircraft assigned to the fire include helicopters, fixed wing tankers and an unmanned aerial system. -
Types of vegetation in the area (aka fuels):
Grass, understory and timber -
Road Closures:
N/A -
Evacuations:
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GO:
- Hunter’s Point and Oak Springs west of mile marker 12 on Navajo Route 12 north to El Paso Gas Station.
- Saint Michaels residents along Roads 603, 604, and 605 and Navajo Telecommunications Road.
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SET:
- Oak Springs residents north of El Paso Gas Station
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Shelter:
- An evacuation shelter is set up at the Window Rock Fighting Scouts Event Center on Navajo Route 12 south of the Window Rock High School. Donations are being taken at the evacuation shelter. A large animal shelter has been set up at the Dean C. Jackson Memorial Arena in Saint Michaels.
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