A wildfire believed sparked by inattentive campers blazed unchecked for an 11th day in eastern Arizona on Wednesday, leaving at least 600 square miles of pine forest blackened and menacing several mountain towns near the New Mexico border.
The monster blaze, ranking as Arizona's second-largest wildfire on record, has chased up to 2,000 people from homes in and around two communities in immediate danger, Eager and Springerville.Both towns were on alert for possible further evacuations, along with the small New Mexican town of Luna just over the eastern Arizona border.
A sign asks for residents to evacuate as the Wallow Fire approaches in Springerville, Arizona, Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Miles of smoke billow skyward from the Wallow Fire Tuesday, June 7, 2011, near Greer, Arizona
Smoke stretches for miles from the Wallow Fire Tuesday, June 7, 2011, near Greer, Arizona.
Livestock stand on an open field as smoke billows from the Wallow Wildfire in Eagar, Arizona June 7, 2011
Smoke from the Wallow Wildfire surround trees in Eagar, Arizona
Smoke from the Wallow Wildfire billows over the White Mountains near Eagar, Arizona
Smoke from the Wallow Wildfire fill the sky along U.S. Route 180 in Luna, New Mexico
A truck drives west on highway 260 away from the Wallow fire as it burns to about one mile from the western edge of Eagar, Arizona
The Wallow fire burns towards Eagar, Ariz, north of Greer, Ariz,, Wednesday night June 8, 2011
Firefighters wait to receive orders while they take a break from the Wallow Wildfire as smoke fills the sky in Luna, New Mexico
A view of the Wallow Wildfire is pictured in the distance seen along the U.S. Route 180 as smoke fills the sky in Luna, New Mexico
Smoke billows over the White Mountains from the Wallow Wildfire in Concho, Arizona
The fire that has scorched nearly 387,000 acres, or more than 600 square miles, in and around the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest over the past 12 days posed a new threat to power lines supplying electricity to Tucson, Arizona, some 200 miles to the southwest, and El Paso, Texas, about 200 miles to the southeast.
The monster blaze, ranking as Arizona's second-largest wildfire on record, has chased up to 2,000 people from homes in and around two communities in immediate danger, Eager and Springerville.Both towns were on alert for possible further evacuations, along with the small New Mexican town of Luna just over the eastern Arizona border.
A sign asks for residents to evacuate as the Wallow Fire approaches in Springerville, Arizona, Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Miles of smoke billow skyward from the Wallow Fire Tuesday, June 7, 2011, near Greer, Arizona
Smoke stretches for miles from the Wallow Fire Tuesday, June 7, 2011, near Greer, Arizona.
Livestock stand on an open field as smoke billows from the Wallow Wildfire in Eagar, Arizona June 7, 2011
Smoke from the Wallow Wildfire surround trees in Eagar, Arizona
Smoke from the Wallow Wildfire billows over the White Mountains near Eagar, Arizona
Smoke from the Wallow Wildfire fill the sky along U.S. Route 180 in Luna, New Mexico
A truck drives west on highway 260 away from the Wallow fire as it burns to about one mile from the western edge of Eagar, Arizona
The Wallow fire burns towards Eagar, Ariz, north of Greer, Ariz,, Wednesday night June 8, 2011
Firefighters wait to receive orders while they take a break from the Wallow Wildfire as smoke fills the sky in Luna, New Mexico
A view of the Wallow Wildfire is pictured in the distance seen along the U.S. Route 180 as smoke fills the sky in Luna, New Mexico
Smoke billows over the White Mountains from the Wallow Wildfire in Concho, Arizona
The fire that has scorched nearly 387,000 acres, or more than 600 square miles, in and around the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest over the past 12 days posed a new threat to power lines supplying electricity to Tucson, Arizona, some 200 miles to the southwest, and El Paso, Texas, about 200 miles to the southeast.
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