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Arizona wildfire grows to 300 square miles
An enormous wildfire that forced the evacuation of several mountain communities in eastern Arizona grew Monday to more than 300 square miles, sending smoke and haze across five states and as far east as Iowa, authorities said.
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Smoke from the Wallow Fire covers a firefighter camp in Eagar, Ariz., on Monday, June 6, 2011.
The Arizona Republic, Michael Chow Associated Press
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Smoke from the Wallow Fire covers Eagar, Ariz., on Monday, June 6, 2011.
The Arizona Republic, Michael Chow Associated Press
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Justin Murel, 16, waters the garden as smoke from the Wallow fire fills the town of Greer, Ariz., Sunday, June 5, 2011.
Jae C. Hong Associated Press
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Judy Cline, an antique shop owner, puts her hands together while talking to two officers from the Arizona Rangers as she evacuates her shop in Greer, Ariz., Sunday, June 5, 2011.
Jae C. Hong Associated Press
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Barbara Keehn, 56, waters plants as heavy smoke from the Wallow fire fills the town of Greer, Ariz., Sunday, June 5, 2011.
Jae C. Hong Associated Press
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Fire trucks leave a firefighter base camp set up near Eagar, Ariz., to battle the Wallow fire on Monday, June 6, 2011.
Jae C. Hong Associated Press
Associated Press
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Horses graze in a field as smoke from the Wallow wildfire fills the air in Eagar, Ariz., Monday, June 6, 2011.
Jae C. Hong Associated Press
Associated Press
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Firefighters listen during a briefing about the Wallow Fire in Eagar, Ariz., on Monday, June 6, 2011.
The Arizona Republic, Michael Chow Associated Press
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Kristi Spillman, left, and her boyfriend Michael Carter Jr. wear bandanas as they gather their belongings in Greer, Ariz., Sunday, June 5, 2011.
Jae C. Hong Associated Press
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Robert Joseph, 64, rides his ATV as smoke plumes from the Wallow fire fill the sky in Luna, N.M., Monday, June 6, 2011. Firefighters worked furiously Monday to save a line of mountain communities in eastern Arizona from a gigantic blaze that has forced thousands of people from their homes and cast a smoky haze over states as far away as Iowa.
Jae C. Hong Associated Press
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Navajo County Sheriff’s Deputy, who declined to give his name, looks at smoke plumes from the Wallow fire as he talks to a truck driver in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Luna, N.M., Monday, June 6, 2011.
Jae C. Hong Associated Press
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Smoke plumes from the Wallow fire rise over the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Luna, N.M., Monday, June 6, 2011.
Jae C. Hong Associated Press
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