The Wallow fire in eastern Arizona has burned more than 300,000 acres and threatens nearly 350 structures.
Reporting from Las Vegas—
The second-largest wildfire in Arizona history roared across a craggy eastern swath of the state on Tuesday, chasing thousands of residents from their homes and threatening to march into New Mexico.
Powerful gusts flung embers onto parched vegetation and continued to stoke the Wallow fire, which has burned more than 300,000 acres and destroyed 10 structures in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest area since it began last month. The uncontained blaze threatened nearly 350 structures Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-southwest-fires-20110608,0,5107382.story
Powerful gusts flung embers onto parched vegetation and continued to stoke the Wallow fire, which has burned more than 300,000 acres and destroyed 10 structures in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest area since it began last month. The uncontained blaze threatened nearly 350 structures Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-southwest-fires-20110608,0,5107382.story
Article courtesy of The Los Angeles Times
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