VIDEO: While we finally saw some rain Monday, it’s been fairly dry across southern Arizona for the past few weeks.
And as we begin to get closer to those hotter months, what could that mean for wildfire season?
While we had an early and busy start to the season in 2025, things eventually calmed down.
The Department of Forestry and Fire Management said Arizona saw far fewer fires compared to previous years, despite there being a high potential.
This year will have a high potential, too, as the lack of fires last year means there is a lot of fuel out there.
“We don’t have the amount of acres burning, but that’s still just cumulative of it. Just puts it in the fuel bed in the bank, per se,” said John Truett, fire management officer for DFFM.
Truett added that there’s also the issue of the very mild winter we saw.
“And my opinion is, it looks like we’ve had Spring, you know, a couple months early, and our grass crop is very, very heavy right now,” Truett said.
