After four long days battling an intense wildfire near Bartlett Lake, the Forest Service has reopened the only road people can use to get to the Bartlett Lake Marina, just in time for the weekend.
Several areas have been ordered to evacuate and a section of the forest is blocked off as the Black Fire burns thousands of acres in Tonto National Forest.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is leading the charge to have the federal government reclassify extreme heat and wildfire smoke as major disasters.
Authorities in Western states are warning of the rising risk of wildfires as hot conditions and low humidity dry out the landscape amid a protracted heat wave