Firefighters being sent home from contained Arizona forest fire

Monday, July 8, 2002

PHOENIX -- After weeks of battling the largest wildfire in Arizona history, firefighters from around the country were being reassigned to other states or sent home as the fire neared full containment Sunday.

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