Sacramento Fire
Location: N of Topock, AZ, 10 mi SE of Needles, CA
Specific Location: N of I-40, both sides Colorado River, Havasu Natl Wildlife Refuge to Moab Regional Park, Lat 34° 43´ 38″ Lon 114° 28´ 39″
Date of origin: 09/29/2008
Cause: human
Situation as of 10/01/2008 at 7:00 PM
Personnel: 119
Size: 328 acres
Percent Contained: 30%
Hwy 66 closed. Structures Threatened: 20 residences , 2 commercial , 12 outbuildings
Firefighter Fatality: from the Havasu Sun News, Thursday, October 2, 2008 [here]
An Arizona Department of Corrections officer collapsed and died of apparent natural causes Wednesday while fighting a wild fire near Topock.
Douglas Falconer was the supervisor of an inmate wild fire hand crew from Globe brought in to fight the so-called Sacramento Fire under the direction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The fire, which started Sunday, has burned at least 328 acres in the Havasu Wildlife Refuge and was 30 percent contained Wednesday, according to a USFWS press release.
According to the Department of Corrections, officers and inmates on the hand crew responded with emergency medical assistance when Falconer collapsed, but they were unable to revive him. …
