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Reuters: Fire crews battling stubborn flames in eastern Arizona's mountainous pine forests braced on Thursday for a return of stiff winds that could reverse gains against the largest wildfire in state history.
By daybreak, a force of more than 4,600 firefighters had managed to extend containment lines around nearly 30 percent of a blaze that has charred an area half the size of Rhode Island in and around the Sitgreaves-Apache National Forest.
Fire information officer Kelly Wood said much of the effort......
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Stiff winds test gains of wildfire crews in Arizona
Posted by Reuters: David Schwartz on June 16th, 2011
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