Homes were evacuated Thursday night as a large brush fire spread to 3,200 acres in north Scottsdale near the Boulder Heights community. Winds and hot and dry conditions fed the Boulder View Fire, which was at 0% containment with about 180 personnel assigned, according to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management. The fire, which is being investigated as human-caused, started Thursday afternoon.

As of 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, homes along the southeast side of the fire were evacuated by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, according to the forestry department. Evacuations took place Thursday east of 136th Street to 144th, north of Dove Valley and west and south of the Tonto National Forest boundary, the department said. Aircraft was expected to work the fire Friday morning, the department added.

Burning operations tied the fire off from Bartlett Dam Road to Power Line Road, according to the department, while multiple hand crews worked in the Vista Verde community to try to stop the fire’s spread in that direction.

Officials had evacuated five structures near the fire on Thursday evening and there had been road closures, according to the department. The fire was first reported just past 2:30 p.m.

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Boulder View Fire at 3,200 acres; homes evacuated in Scottsdale