GREER, AZ (AZFamily) — Firefighters have fully contained the Greer Fire in eastern Arizona, almost two weeks after it started. Fire officials said that as of 7 p.m. Monday, the wildfire was 100% ...

The Greer Fire in eastern Arizona, which burned over 20,000 acres, is now 100% contained. Residents have been allowed to return home, but some trails and roads remained closed.

At the scene of the Greer Fire, ABC15 got an inside look at how air operations work and the critical decisions made by crews operating various aircraft in firefighting efforts.

Calmer winds have helped firefighters make incredible progress on the Greer Fire. The blaze was 88% contained, as of 7 a.m. May 21 and at 20,308 acres burned, according to federal tracker InciWeb.

The Greer Fire, burning mostly in the scar of the 2011 Wallow Fire, was bad. But it was not catastrophic. Arizona's ponderosa pine forests require frequent, low-intensity fires to maintain health ...