Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies, along with Cottonwood Fire personnel, were dispatched at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, to a recreational vehicle fire in the area of the Sheeps Crossing Day Use campground, located southeast of the Verde Villages.
Upon arrival, deputies learned the RV fire was mostly subdued by Good Samaritans from the Thousand Trails RV Park who used fire extinguishers and garden water hoses.
The owner of the burned vehicle believed the fire started in the engine bay and then quickly engulfed the inside of the RV.
It appears the RV was completely destroyed. Exact caused not yet determined.
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The driver was able to safely exit the vehicle without serious injuries. There was no damage to the surrounding public land during the incident.
Photos courtesy of the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office.
Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rocks News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been featured in Editor & Publisher magazine. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet." In January 2025, the International Astronomical Union formally named asteroid 29722 Chrisgraham (1999 AQ23) in his honor at the behest of Lowell Observatory, citing him as "an American journalist and longtime managing editor of Sedona Red Rock News. He is a nationally-recognized slam poet who has written and performed multiple poems about Pluto and other space themes."
The owner of the burned vehicle believed the fire started in the engine bay and then quickly engulfed the inside of the RV.
It appears the RV was completely destroyed. Exact caused not yet determined.
