Crews Move to Protect Homes From Wildfire
ARIZONA
Fire crews thinned and burned trees and brush near a highway to cut off fuel to a 17,600-acre wildfire that crept within a mile of 70 Mt. Lemmon homes.
Fire crews began thinning brush near the Willow Canyon neighborhood and Catalina Highway on Monday, fire spokeswoman Sarah Davis said. The homes, which are about six miles southeast of Summerhaven, were not immediately at risk, she said.
Forest Service officials estimate there is a 75% chance the cleared areas will stop the fire, which was 40% contained.
Meanwhile, firefighters in New Mexico said a blaze that has burned 12,772 acres in northern New Mexico’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains was 50% contained.
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