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Brewer asks feds for fire disaster declarations
Gov. Jan Brewer is asking the U.S. Small Business Administration for wildfire disaster declarations for Cochise and Apache counties.
Arizona fires essentially out, flood worries next
With the largest wildfire in Arizona history all but contained, specialized units pulled out of eastern Arizona on Tuesday leaving authorities at the heavily-scorched sites of blazes around the state to shift their focus to a new vulnerability a�� water.
Life expectancy varies widely between Arizona counties, report says
A study on life expectancy shows “big extremes” between Arizona counties, with residents of some counties likely to live more than seven years longer than residents in others.
After the flames: Advanced ADEQ air monitors find historically high level of ‘particularly nasty pollutant’
When it comes to wildfires, size really matters — the bigger the blaze, the greater potential danger to homes, businesses, wildlife, trees, shrubs, the environment, and most important, people.
More eastern Arizona residents ordered out
More evacuations have been ordered as the raging Wallow wildfire comes closer to the eastern Arizona towns of Eagar and Springerville.
Raging Wallow Fire now larger than size of Phoenix
A raging forest fire in eastern Arizona has scorched an area larger than the size of Phoenix, threatening thousands of residents and emptying towns as the flames raced toward New Mexico on Wednesday.
Judges get emergency powers due to Ariz. wildfire
Court officials in two eastern Arizona counties are being given emergency powers because of a major wildfire burning in that part of the state.
White Mountain residents ready to leave fire zone
Fire officials say the Wallow fire laid down a bit overnight and crews plan to continue working the northeast side of the dangerous wildfire Tuesday.
Brewer declares state of emergency for Wallow Fire
Gov. Jan Brewer has declared a state of emergency retroactive to May 29 in Apache and Greenlee Counties in response to the Wallow Fire.
Arizona to activate emergency center for wildfires
Arizona will activate its multi-agency emergency operations center on Tuesday because of major wildfires burning in the state.
