{"id":2902,"date":"2026-07-01T21:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2026-07-01T21:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:36:17","slug":"northbound-sr-87-reopens-near-fountain-hills-after-picadilla-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=2902","title":{"rendered":"Northbound SR 87 reopens near Fountain Hills after Picadilla Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p><b>FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A new brush fire led to a brief state highway closure east of the Valley Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=2900\">Officers serve warning to man while on vacation for criticizing ICE in email sent months ago<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Picadilla Fire broke out shortly before 10 a.m. along State Route 87 near milepost 209, roughly 20 miles north of Fountain Hills.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s estimated at approximately two acres, and crews from the U.S. Forest Service and the Fort McDowell Fire Department responded. Forest Service officials say forward progression was stopped a short time later.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Department of Transportation closed the northbound lanes of SR 87 as firefighters worked to extinguish the wildfire. The right lane reopened shortly before noon, while the left lane opened around 1:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=2898\">Five months into Nancy Guthrie investigation, here\u2019s where things stand<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>UPDATE: All lanes are open on northbound SR 87 at milepost 209.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) July 1, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <\/i><i>Please click here to report it<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <\/i><i>it to us here<\/i><i> with a brief description.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=2896\">Horse found dead in east Las Vegas, police search for info on truck seen on video<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Picadilla Fire broke out shortly before 10 a.m. along State Route 87 near milepost 209, roughly 20 miles north of Fountain Hills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Northbound SR 87 reopens near Fountain Hills after Picadilla Fire - Tucson Moving Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=2902\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Northbound SR 87 reopens near Fountain Hills after Picadilla Fire - 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