LAVEEN, AZ (AZFamily) — Firefighters have gained control of a brush fire near the Salt River that sent a pillar of smoke over part of Phoenix.
Around 6:30 a.m., crews responded to reports of a brush fire in the area of 51st Avenue and Broadway Road in Laveen.
Arizona’s Family crews on the scene saw firefighters battling large flames, which have since died down to smoldering hotspots.
According to the Phoenix Fire Department, crews were able to control the fire after it burned an estimated two acres of brush. Firefighters will remain at the scene while they extinguish remaining hotspots…