Arizona Wildfire

Firefighters Struggle With Arizona's 'Gladiator Fire'

AP | Posted 05.17.2012

CROWN KING, Ariz. (AP) — An evacuation order for a historic northern Arizona mining town didn't prompt Taryn Denyce to flee earlier this week, when ...

Arizona Fire Crews Busy Battling Blazes

AP | Posted 05.15.2012

CROWN KING, Ariz. (AP) — Firefighters continued to battle a wildfire Monday in northern Arizona that has forced residents from their homes in the hi...

Cousins Plead Guilty To Starting State's Largest Wildfire

AP | By FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 05.27.2012

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Two cousins charged with accidentally causing the largest wildfire in Arizona history pleaded guilty Tuesday to a pair of misdemea...

Plea Reached After Largest Wildfire In State's History

AP | Posted 05.16.2012

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Two cousins charged with accidentally causing the largest wildfire in Arizona history have reached plea agreements with pros...

Feds Charge 2 Cousins With Starting Arizona Wildfires

AP | Posted 10.24.2011

PHOENIX (AP) -- Federal charges have been filed against two cousins accused of causing the largest forest fire in Arizona's history. The charges we...

Endangered Species Hit Hard By Arizona Wildfire

AP | BOB CHRISTIE | Posted 08.23.2011

PHOENIX — The largest wildfire in Arizona history left a charred landscape of blackened forest, burned-out vehicle hulks and charred fireplaces ...

One Of Three Arizona Wildfires Under Control After Burning Through Entire Forest

AP | BOB CHRISTIE and JACQUES BILLEAUD | Posted 08.23.2011

PHOENIX — Firefighters nearly have one of three major wildfires in Arizona under control, but mostly because the blaze has already burned throug...

Arizona Wildfire Blame Game Continues

Posted 08.22.2011

By Tim Gaynor PALOMINAS, Ariz -- Two Arizona wildfires that have scorched a quarter-million acres combined and destroyed dozens of homes just n...

McCain Faces Angry Backlash Over Controversial Remarks

Posted 08.21.2011

WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain says he's "puzzled" that there's a controversy surrounding remarks he made suggesting illegal immigrants were responsi...

John McCain Faces Backlash Over Controversial Remarks On Arizona Wildfires

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.20.2011

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. — It always comes back to illegal immigration in Arizona -– even when the state is on fire. Sen. John McCain on Monday defe...

Southern Arizona Wildfire Forces Thousands More To Evacuate

AP/The Huffington Post | By BOB CHRISTIE | Posted 08.20.2011

PHOENIX (AP) -- Lighter winds should give firefighters in southern Arizona a break Monday after a weekend in which thousands of residents fled their h...

John McCain Blames Arizona Wildfires On Immigrants

Posted 08.19.2011

John McCain (R-AZ) says undocumented immigrants are to blame for the massive wildfires that have ravaged Arizona. "There is substantial evidence th...

Western Wildfires Rage 'Like A Bomb Went Off'

AP | SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and BOB CHRISTIE | Posted 08.16.2011

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Firefighters trying to protect homes, a popular national park and tinder dry patches of forest were tested Thursday as tempe...

Arizona Wildfire Now Biggest In State History

AP/The Huffington Post | By BOB CHRISTIE | Posted 08.15.2011

SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. (AP) -- The fire burning in eastern Arizona's Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest is now the largest in state history, although now...

New Era Of Monster Wildfires

AP | By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 08.15.2011

WASHINGTON -- The fires searing parts of the West are an eerie echo of the past, a frightening reminder of a once terrible danger that had been held l...

Arizona Wildfire May Be Largest In State History

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2011

LUNA, N.M. (AP) — A massive wildfire in eastern Arizona is burning more acres than the largest in state history, although some of that area is in Ne...

Fight Against Arizona's Monster Fire Moves To New Mexico

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF and BOB CHRISTIE | Posted 08.13.2011

LUNA, N.M. — Crews battling a massive wildfire in eastern Arizona for two weeks shifted their focus Monday to New Mexico, where they lit fires t...

Arizona Wildfire Spreads, Health Conditions Worsen

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 08.12.2011

SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. — Firefighters on Sunday expressed the first real sense of hope that they were making progress in their battle against a hu...

Arizona Wildfire Spreads, Health Conditions Worsen

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.11.2011

SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. (AP) — An eye-stinging, throat-burning haze of smoke spewing from a gigantic wildfire in eastern Arizona is beginning to stretc...

Arizona Wildfire Heads To Another State

AP | By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and BOB CHRISTIE | Posted 08.10.2011

SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. (AP) -- A massive wildfire in eastern Arizona that has claimed more than 30 homes and forced nearly than 10,000 people to evacuat...

Arizona Wildfire Could Cause Blackouts In New Mexico And Texas

AP | By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and BOB CHRISTIE | Posted 08.09.2011

SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. (AP) -- Fire crews worked through the night to protect several Arizona mountain communities from a growing forest fire that has f...

Arizona Wildfire Now Larger Than Phoenix

AP/The Huffington Post | By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and BOB CHRISTIE | Posted 08.08.2011

SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. (AP) -- A raging forest fire in eastern Arizona has scorched an area larger than the size of Phoenix, threatening thousands of re...

Firefighters From Around The Country Help Battle Arizona Wildfires

Posted 08.07.2011

No one would characterize the massive Arizona wildfire as good news, but the tragic, ongoing disaster has prompted firefighters from across the countr...

Thousands Of Firefighters Battle Arizona Wildfire, Communities Forced To Evacuate

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.06.2011

GREER, Ariz. -- More than 2,000 firefighters from several states battled a 287-square-mile wildfire in eastern Arizona that forced the evacuation of m...

Arson Suspected As More Than 1,000 Homes Evacuated In Arizona

AP | FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 05.25.2011

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The second wildfire to hit Flagstaff in two days quickly spread Sunday to more than 4 square miles, driving residents from hu...