TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Pima County Sheriff’s officials say a brush fire has closed a section of the Catalina Highway that leads to Mount Lemmon in Tucson.
According to the Coronado National Forest, the fire was reported about noon Tuesday and is burning in grass and brush.
The cause of the fire isn’t immediately available.
Forest officials say the fire has burned about 50 acres so far and the closure is from the base to milepost 7 on the highway.
They say several fire engines, three crews, water tenders, two helicopters and an air tanker have been assigned to the blaze.
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