Flagstaff witness describes hearing gunshots before helicopter crash

A woman who lives in a Flagstaff neighborhood describes hearing dozens of gunshots Wednesday night and hearing the DPS helicopter crash nearby. Amanda Brewer said she first heard gunshots around 8:40 p.m. and called 911. The helicopter went down around 10:15 p.m. LATEST: #Flagstaff #Arizona #DPS #HelicopterCrash #OfficerInvolvedShooting #BreakingNews #Route66 #CoconinoCounty #PoliceNews…

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Hype for the Future 79V: City of Flagstaff, Arizona

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Jaimee Whitfield, Reporter
Aug 9 at 11:17 AM EDT

Highlights: During the Red Flag weather yesterday, gusts registered up to 52 mph in the fire area. Despite high and unpredictable winds, progress was made in some areas and lines were held over most of the fire perimeter. To the north, fire descended east towards House Rock Valley but did not expand north. On Walhalla Plateau, crews completed the dozer line across the plateau, but the fire dropped off the plateau and made a run down the Kwagunt drainage. In the southwest corner of the fire, crews made some progress towards establishing an anchor point near the head of Crystal Canyon. At the same time, lines were extended towards that point from Kaibab Lodge.

Operations: The Dragon Bravo fire continues to be a full-suppression effort. On the north end, firefighters will continue patrolling the lines to keep the fire from progressing into the fuel rich forest and divert it into sparse fuels to the east. If it does proceed east towards House Rock Valley, firefighters will meet it when it reaches manageable terrain. Firelines have already been established to protect resources in the area. In the southwest corner, progress will continue to connect dozer line coming down from Kaibab Lodge and to establish the anchor point at the head of Crystal Canyon. Both direct and indirect strategies will continue to be employed there.

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Zakery Pressley, Reporter
Aug 6 at 10:58 AM EDT
Daily Update for August 6, 2025

Acres: 130,520
Containment: 13%
Personnel: 1,343

Public Meeting: Southwest Area Complex Incident Management Team 2 will host a public meeting for the Dragon Bravo Fire tonight, August 6th, in the CAB Auditorium, Page High School, 434 S Lake Powell Blvd, Page, Arizona at 6 PM Arizona Time. Speakers will include members of the team and administrators from Kaibab National Forest and Grand Canyon National Park. The meeting will be livestreamed on the Dragon Bravo Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/2025dragonbravo. ASL and live captioning will be provided. Please park on the side next to the football field.

Highlights: Yesterday the fire spotted across the lines on the north end of the fire. Both ground and air resources worked to minimize the growth of this new front. Firefighters continued their efforts to stop the steady growth in the southwest area but the intensity of the wind-blown fire behavior kept them from going direct. Despite this, progress was made on containment lines in the area. On the Walhalla Plateau, crews made similar efforts but met with similar results.

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Jaimee Whitfield, Reporter
Aug 5 at 11:46 AM EDT

Public Meetings: Southwest Area Complex Incident Management Team 2 will host a public meeting tonight, August 5th at the Fredonia High School, 221 E Hortt Street, Fredonia, Arizona. In Page, a public meeting will be held on Wednesday,

August 6th in the CAB Auditorium Page High School, 434 S Lake Powell Blvd, Page, Arizona. Both public meetings will be held at 6 PM MST (Arizona Time). Speakers will include members of the team and administrators from Kaibab National Forest and Grand Canyon National Park. Both meetings will be livestreamed on the Dragon Bravo Facebook page. ASL and live captioning will be provided.

Highlights: Hotshot crews, assisted by heavy machinery, made good progress on the southwest corner of the fire yesterday. This part of the fire is in rugged terrain and has been very difficult to address. On the west flank of the fire, the lines held steady. On the north end, fire crews continued to hold the line across the top of the fire. On the eastern part of the perimeter, fingers of fire continued to burn through rough terrain. Crews in the area searched for opportunities to go direct when deemed safe and beneficial.

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