VIDEO: Crews continue to battle the Turkeyfeather Fire, which was started by lightning and is now 22,000 acres in size. The wildfire, which is in the Gila National Forest 22 miles southeast of Reserve, is actually burning through existing burn scars from previous fires. Over the weekend, the northeast corner of the fire crossed Gilita Creek near the Snow Lake Campground, causing crews to work along Snow Lake Road to keep the fire from moving north. Beginning Tuesday, the Gila National Forest will hand command of the fire to the Gila Las Cruces One Type 3 Incident Management Team. Thunderstorms with wind and lightning are forecast for the fire area this week.
