Highlands Fire And Forest Service Fire Crews Hold Kelly Fire To Six Acres Thursday

Crews from Highlands Fire and the Forest Service tended to a small fire this morning near Kelly Pit south of Flagstaff. Firefighters were called to the area west of Interstate-17 and the Kelly Canyon Exit, two miles south of Kachina Village. When they arrived, the Kelly Fire was around two acres. Crews were quick to jump on the wildfire and contained at six acres. Forest service officials say someone setting off fireworks is to blame for the fire.