More than 200 firefighters were battling a wildfire in Arizona on Saturday that threatened scores of homes and has forced dozens of residents to evacuate.
This photo released by the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management shows smoke rising from the Boulder View fire Thursday, June 27, 2024, near Phoenix. No structures have been damaged as the wildfire traversed nearly 6 square miles on the cusp of the Boulder Heights subdivision, said Matthew Wilcox, spokesman for a multi-agency wildfire response team.
We still have unseasonably high humidity, hot weather," Wilcox said. "We have no wind right now, but gusts were predicted." The Red Cross set up an evacuation center at a high school in Scottsdale, and shelters for horses and other large animals were established at several locations, including the rodeo grounds at nearby Cave Creek.
To the north, the Apache Fire in Butte County has destroyed 14 structures and damaged two others since Monday. The blaze was one square mile and 95% contained by Saturday morning.
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