0% Contained 🇺🇸 Arizona

Contreras Fire

Discovered Jun 11, 2022 · Southwest

🕐 Started …

Acres Burned

29,482

Containment

0%

Location

Arizona

Discovered

Jun 11, 2022

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Jun 11, 2022

Fire ignites — Contreras discovered.

Contreras Fire Reaches Kitt Peak National Observatory - NOIRLab

4 buildings at Kitt Peak lost in wildfire - AZPM News

The New York Times

Arizona Wildfire Destroys Observatory Buildings (Published 2022) - The New York Times

azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic

Contreras Fire burns over 17,000 acres, reaches Kitt Peak National Observatory - azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic

Arizona wildfire reaches some of famed Kitt Peak's telescopes - Space

Images of the Contreras Fire at Kitt Peak - KGUN 9

Tucson Sentinel

Wildfire blazes through another 4,200 acres near Kitt Peak, burned areas near Pan Tak village - Tucson Sentinel

Wildfire Destroys Buildings at Arizona Observatory, Images Show Telescopes Intact - Gizmodo

Astronomy Magazine

Fire reaches Kitt Peak National Observatory, destroys multiple structures - Astronomy Magazine

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