Wildfires Persist in Southwest, Fed by Dry Brush
- Sun 20 May 2012 07:16:PM
By Mike Saucier
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona wildfire whipped up by winds and dry conditions threatened to trigger more evacuations on Sunday, just as firefighters were nearly done battling the biggest of four blazes in the state.
Fires in Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado have forced the evacuation of several small towns and torched more than 65 square miles (168 square km) of forest, brush and grass in the U.S. [More]
Source: Wildfires Persist in Southwest, Fed by Dry Brush