Arizona brushfire forces evacuations in northern Scottsdale

INVESTIGATION DO ITS JOB AND SEE WHAT THE TRUTH WAS. >> ELAINE, THANK YOU. >>> A FAST-MOVING BRUSHFIRE IN ARIZONA IS FORCING MORE THAN 1100 PEOPLE TO EVACUATE THEIR HOMES IN NORTHERN SCOTTSDALE. THE DIAMOND FIRE HAS ALREADY BURNED NEARLY 4 SQUARE MILES, AS HUNDREDS OF FIREFIGHTERS WORKED TO PUT OUT THE BLAZE. SO FAR, NO HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. JOINING US NOW

WE LEFT ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. THEY ARE EXCITED TO SAY THAT THE HOTSHOT CREWS WORKING ALL NIGHT WERE SUCCESSFUL. THEY WERE ABLE TO CREATE A LINE AROUD THE FIRE, BUT THEY DID NOT WANT TO SAY THERE WAS ANY CONTAINMENT JUST YET. WHAT THEY ARE HOPING IS THAT THOSE LINES WILL HOLD UP TO THESE WINS STARTING TO PICK UP AS WELL AS THE HEAT THAT IS EXPECTED,

TODAY. NOW, SCOTTSDALE, THIS AREA OF NORTH SCOTTSDALE THERE IS A LOT OF RUSH, WE HAD A WET WINTER, WHICH MEANS THERE IS A LOT OF VEGETATION. NOW, IN THESE HOMES, THERE ARE RANCH HOMES THERE, A LOT OF HIGH DOLLAR HOMES IN THIS NORTH SCOTTSDALE AREA, THOSE FOLKS WHO WERE EVACUATED LAST NIGHT, NOT ONLY DID THEY HAVE TO GET THEMSELVES OUT, BUT SOME OF THEM HAD TO

GET THEIR HORSES OUT AS WELL THERE WERE A COUPLE OF EVACUATION CENTERS SET UP, THOUGH I JUST SPOKE WITH THE RED CROSS HERE WHO SAID NOBODY HAS ACTUALLY CHECKED IN SINCE LAST NIGHT, TO THIS AREA, BUT IT IS HERE FOR THEM IF THEY NEED A PLACE TO COOL DOWN OR THEY NEED A PLACE FOR SNACKS. THERE ARE OVER 200 VOLUNTEERS OVER IN THE CAVE CREEK AREA

JUST NORTH OF SCOTTSDALE. THEY UNDERSTAND THEY DID HAVE SOME ANIMALS BROUGHT IN. BROUGHT IN UNDER FIRE YESTERDAY, THEY HAD A FEUD DC- 10'S LAST NIGHT, FIVE PLANES IN TOTAL, HITTING THE AFFECTED AREAS, AND THEY BELIEVE THEY DID A GOOD JOB. >> THAT IS IMPORTANT. HOW IS WHETHER A FACTOR IN FIGHTING THE FIRE? >> TEMPERATURES COULD GET PRETTY HOT FOR THEM, WHEN YOU THINK OF HOT SHOTS,

YOU THINK OF CREWS FIGHTING THIS FIRE, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY CAN GET IN WITH HOSES, BY HAND, THEY HAVE TO CUT A LINE AROUND THIS FIRE TO HELP FIGHT THESE. THE SCOTTSDALE FIRE DEPARTMET GOT A JUMP ON IT, YESTERDAY, THEY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL BRUSH TRUCKS, WHERE THEY NOW HAVE THREE, IN THEIR FLEET, WHICH THEY WERE ABLE TO DO WITH THE CALL BUMP AND RUNS, THEY

PULLED UP TO SOMEONE'S HOME THEY CLEARED AN AREA FOR THEM, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTAIN THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS THE BIG DEAL HERE. THE ONE THING TO ASK FROM THE FAMILIES HERE, THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THESE AREAS IS TO CLEAN UP THAT SPACE AROUND THE HOME. THEY HAVE ENOUGH SPACE THAT THE FIRE WILL DIE OUT BEFORE IT GETS TO THEIR HOME. >> ANY ADVICE

FROM ARIZONA OFFICIALS FOR RESIDENTS AS THEY HEAD INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND? >> Reporter: THEY KEEP ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO REMEMBER HOW HOT IT IS. IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THEY DO NOT EVEN WANT YOU TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THE HEAT FROM YOUR CAR, IF YOU GO OVER SOME OF THIS BRUSH, THAT MIGHT START A FIRE. IF YOU THINK, THAT

IS HOW SCARED THEY ARE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TYPES OF FIRES, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THEY WILL LOOK INTO EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE CAUSE FOR THIS FIRE IS A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION. THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW BUILDS IN THAT AREA AND LATELY, WE HAVE HAD A CASE WHERE WELDER