FLAGSTAFF — Authorities in northern Arizona are trying to get to the scene of a fiery ATV crash that appears to have killed four people.
Coconino County Sheriff's officials said Monday that a fire was making it difficult for rescuers in the Blue Ridge area to get to the site of Saturday's crash.
Sheriff's office spokesman Jon Paxton says four people riding in one ATV were initially reported overdue.
Deputies called in to assist say tracks indicate an ATV went off a Forest Service road and plunged 400 feet (122 meters) down a cliff. Paxton says investigators don't know why the vehicle veered off the road.
Authorities are treating the scene as a recovery operation.
Paxton says it's likely the crash is what started the 10-acre blaze.
