{"id":3108,"date":"2026-07-06T05:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=3108"},"modified":"2026-07-06T05:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:04:07","slug":"forward-progress-stopped-on-sunnvale-fire-in-pinal-county-river-bottom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=3108","title":{"rendered":"Forward progress stopped on Sunnvale Fire in Pinal County river bottom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p><b>DUDLEYVILLE, AZ (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Forward progress has been stopped on a fire that forced some residents in a small Pinal County community to evacuate.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=3106\">Extreme Heat Warning mid-week; Storm chances later<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sunnvale Fire, which is an estimated six acres and 25% contained, is burning near the unincorporated community of Dudleyville along State Route 77 in eastern Pinal County, near Dudleyville Road.<\/p>\n<p>Pinal County Sheriff\u2019s Office has placed residents in the Horseshoe Drive area on \u201cSET\u201d evacuation status as crews continue to contain the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management said the fire is burning in a river bottom with fuels including grass, brush and salt cedar.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Forward progress stopped on #SunnvaleFire. Size estimated at 6 acres. Resources working to tie in containment lines and prevent further spread with mop up operations.#AZFire #AZForestry #PinalCounty https:\/\/t.co\/A25kKgGlJ1<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AZ Dept. Forestry and Fire Management (@azstateforestry) July 5, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to ADFFM, firefighters are working on mop-up operations.<\/p>\n<p>Salt cedar is an invasive plant introduced to Arizona to control erosion. Now, it\u2019s become a prominent issue for fire management. Brandalyn Vonk with ADFFM said it\u2019s been a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=3104\">Deputies respond to fatal motorcycle crash in Pima County<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, it also grows in very thick. So it\u2019s hard to get in there, cut that out, put the fire out, utilizing both the aircraft resources and our firefighters on the ground,\u201d Vonk said.<\/p>\n<p>Salt cedar trees created challenges for firefighters battling the 1,191-acre Hazen Fire near Buckeye in May. The invasive trees can burn hot and fast and can send up thick smoke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd as thick as salt cedar can grow, it can be a challenge to find that break in vegetation to stop the fire,\u201d Vonk said. <\/p>\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=3103\">Fireworks cause large brush fire in Tucson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some residents in a small Pinal County community are being told to evacuate after a brush fire sparked near Dudleyville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3108","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>Forward progress stopped on Sunnvale Fire in Pinal County river bottom - 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=3108\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Forward progress stopped on Sunnvale Fire in Pinal County river bottom - 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