With Arizona’s second major brush fire in three weeks blazing out of control near the southern city of Sierra Vista, Radio Station KWRB, “The Spark,” is bringing physical and spiritual relief to thousands of imperiled residents and firefighters. The station is part of the World Radio Network (WRN) one of HCJB Global’s cooperating ministries.
“It’s pretty crazy around here,” said Arron Daniels, who heads the community outreach of the network’s Western Regional Office, which is in the same building as the station. “About 600 people have been evacuated, and 60 to 70 homes have been destroyed. More than 18,000 acres have burned, and we have 1,000 emergency personnel—800 of these from out of state—who are part of the level 1 team that is fighting the fire.”
Called the Monument Fire because it started in the Coronado National Monument at the southern tip of the Huachuca Mountains near the Mexican border on Sunday, June 12, the blaze has been gaining momentum ever since. “Our winds are just off the charts—30 to 40 mph—and the air is extremely dry with relative humidity around 4 percent. It’s not very conducive to fire dousing!” Daniels said. “Thankfully, no one has been hurt or killed.”
(Source : HCJB Global)
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