Fire has burned through 603 square miles of timber
(NEWSER) - Arizona’s Wallow wildfire continues to rage, and it’s approaching New Mexico, where workers are setting up fire lines and one town is readying for an evacuation. Now the second-largest Arizona wildfire ever recorded, the flames have charred some 603 square miles of timber, destroyed 22 homes in a resort town, and forced thousands to evacuate. Yesterday, crews burnt fuel in the fire’s path, hoping to bar its progress north, while an air tanker applied flame retardant at its northwest edge. But the fire is only 5% contained, the AP reports. More»
