PRESCOTT VALLEY, Arizona — A massive fire tore through the Legado Luxury Apartments construction site on April 1, 2024, at 1:13 a.m., leaving the entire complex a total loss, the Prescott Valley Police Department reported. The site, sitting at Florentine Road and Main Street, had three multi-level residential wings, a clubhouse, and a parking garage—all gone despite every effort from first responders who threw everything they had at the blaze.
A joint task force jumped on the case, pulling together the Prescott Valley Police Department, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, Yavapai County Attorney’s Investigators Office, Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Response Team. Eleven agencies total, including Prescott Fire, the Department of Public Safety, the FBI, the National Insurance Crime Bureau, and Homeland Security, have poured months into figuring out what happened. They’ve chased over 300 leads from Silent Witness and the police tip line, served 25 search warrants on homes and businesses, and logged endless hours—sworn officers and staff alike.
The Legado Luxury Apartments fire investigation’s still wide open, with no arrests yet. Yavapai Silent Witness is dangling a $45,000 reward for info that nails a suspect, and police are begging anyone who knows something to call 1-800-932-3232. It’s been almost a year, but they’re not letting up—new leads mean more work, all to get justice for a town hit hard by the loss.
That night, flames shot 150 feet high, lighting up the sky over downtown Prescott Valley. The place was half-built, a 350,000-square-foot wooden frame, and it burned fast—$60 million in damage, no injuries, but a big blow to a community that rallied to help. Hotels opened doors, ambulances ran folks out, and Bradshaw Mountain High School turned into an evacuation hub. Police say thanks for the support and ask folks to keep eyes peeled—call 928-772-9267 for non-emergencies or 911 if it’s hot.
