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Fire crews are working to contain a new wildfire that occurred Saturday afternoon in the Superstition Mountains.
Tonto National Forest officials said three engines and 20 firefighters were fighting the 150-acre "Woodbury Fire" burning northwest of Superior, Arizona.
Fire does not threaten communities or structures at the moment, say the officials.
Crews are also working to take control of human activities.
Mountain fire,
which caught fire on the Tonto National Forest, northeast of the valley on Friday, and quickly covered thousands of acres.
According to forest services, fires reached 7,225 acres on Saturday afternoon. Authorities said the fire was zero percent controlled by 6 am Saturday, but that no structure was threatened.
According to a tweet published by the Tonto National Forest, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is currently involved in mandatory evacuations of Bartlett Lake and campers in the area.
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