TUCSON, Ariz.— Crews used controlled backfires early Sunday to blunt the advance of a major wildfire near mountain communities in eastern Arizona, a blaze termed “absolutely frightening” by the state’s governor that has already burned through 225 square miles of forest and brush.
Fire officials still have zero containment of the Wallow Fire near the New Mexico state line, which has forced an unknown number of people to evacuate from several small towns.
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