Seven-acre fire fully contained south of Flagstaff on Thursday afternoon

While smoke began to flow into the Flagstaff area on Thursday afternoon due to a controlled burn southwest of the city, a small fire later named the Diamond Fire also began shortly after 2 p.m. just north of Lake Mary Road.

Located roughly three miles southeast from the intersection of Lake Mary Road and Beulah Boulevard, south of Pine Canyon Golf Club and east of Flagstaff Pulliam Airport, the Diamond Fire reached seven acres by 3:16 p.m. according to WatchDuty. Forward progress on the fire was stopped at 3:37 p.m., about 80 minutes after the first report of the fire, and reached 100% containment at 6:09 p.m.