SEDONA, Ariz. (AP) – Firefighters battled a 1,500-acre wildfire Friday that had burned at least four buildings and forced the evacuation of about 30 homes near this scenic northern Arizona town.
Investigators said early Friday that the fire appeared to have been started by sparks from the grinder of a fencing company that was working on a post Thursday afternoon.
U.S. Forest Service officials said the company could be held responsible for some of the cost of fighting the blaze.
Thirty homes out of about 200 in the Pine Valley subdivision near the Village of Oak Creek were evacuated because of the fire, which quickly grew from 40 acres. Some homeowners were returned Friday.
“It could have been much worse,” said Sedona Fire District Chief Matt Shobert.
Two homes, a small shed and an outbuilding burned before the fire moved into the wilderness Thursday night, Shobert said.
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