Another wildfire is burning in a Tucson mountain range, but so far the flames are not threatening structures, officials said Tuesday.
The Westridge Fire, in the Tortolita Mountains northwest of Tucson near Marana and Oro Valley, stood at 480 acres as of 1 p.m. Tuesday Aug. 18, Arizona's Department of Forestry and Fire Management said.
An earlier update put the fire's size at more than 2,000 acres, but the new smaller size is due to more accurate mapping, the state forestry department said.
The blaze began Monday, Aug.17, in a bowl area of the mountain range and quickly burned through woodlands from northeast to southwest, parallel to Cochie Canyon Trail Road, the news release said.
About 60 personnel are assigned to the fire and additional aircraft have been called in to assist.
"The threat to structures has decreased significantly and there are no evacuations or planned evacuations at this time," the news release said.
