Thursday, March 28, 2024

Brush fire burns in Shiprock

Brush fire burns in Shiprock
Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero A firefighter surveys a large brushfire from the edge of a 100-foot cliff Saturday afternoon in Shiprock. The cause of the fire is not known.

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero
A firefighter surveys a large brushfire from the edge of a 100-foot cliff Saturday afternoon in Shiprock. The cause of the fire is not known.

SHIPROCK

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero Flames from a brushfire along the north side of the San Juan River reach more than 100-feet tall and dwarfs a firefighter Saturday in Shiprock.

Navajo Times | Donovan Quintero
Flames from a brushfire along the north side of the San Juan River reach more than 100-feet tall and dwarfs a firefighter Saturday in Shiprock.

Fire crews battled a large brushfire Saturday afternoon along the north side of the San Juan River.

By the afternoon, an area about the size of three football fields burned.

Fire crews struggled to gain control of the brushfire as it burned along the side of a 100-foot cliff.

The fire continues to burn at this time.

The cause of the fire is not known. No injuries were reported.


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Donovan Quintero

"Dii, Diné bi Naaltsoos wolyéhíígíí, ninaaltsoos át'é. Nihi cheii dóó nihi másání ádaaní: Nihi Diné Bizaad bił ninhi't'eelyá áádóó t'áá háadida nihizaad nihił ch'aawóle'lágo. Nihi bee haz'áanii at'é, nihisin at'é, nihi hózhǫ́ǫ́jí at'é, nihi 'ach'ą́ą́h naagééh at'é. Dilkǫǫho saad bee yájíłti', k'ídahoneezláo saad bee yájíłti', ą́ą́ chánahgo saad bee yájíłti', diits'a'go saad bee yájíłti', nabik'íyájíłti' baa yájíłti', bich'į' yájíłti', hach'į' yándaałti', diné k'ehgo bik'izhdiitįįh. This is the belief I do my best to follow when I am writing Diné-related stories and photographing our events, games and news. Ahxéhee', shik'éí dóó shidine'é." - Donovan Quintero, an award-winning Diné journalist, served as a photographer, reporter and as assistant editor of the Navajo Times until March 17, 2023.

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