Firefighters gain upper hand on wildfires
Saturday, June 25, 2005
CAREFREE, Ariz. -- Residents who fled a wildfire began returning home as the blaze turned away from their community near Phoenix, and firefighters also gained ground on a wildfire that burned homes in California. The order was lifted late Thursday, and about 67 people had returned by Friday morning. The blaze has burned about 46,000 acres and forced the evacuation of 250 homes. The largest charred 15,000 acres south of Las Vegas and prompted the evacuation of 100 people from a Boy Scout camp.
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