The Wildcat Fire grew only slightly overnight and crews have the fire 35% contained. However, business owners in Bartlett Lake are feeling the heat.
The Wildcat Fire grew only slightly overnight and crews have the fire 35% contained. However, business owners in Bartlett Lake are feeling the heat.Hovering around 14,000 acres burned, the most problematic aspect of the burn is the road closures in the area."It's crazy to go from a beautiful desert to black and charred earth," said Bryan Church, owner of Bartlett Lake Marina.
Also, a lot of people didn't get news of that, so they towed their boats up here to the top of the hill and couldn't get down so my phone's been ringing off the hook," Church said.Larry Mantle is a guide with Arizona Great Adventure fishing. His business has been impacted by the fire as well."What we do is take people out and show them a good time," Mantle said. "But now the lake is inaccessible right before the Memorial Day weekend.
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