Blistering Arizona wildfires destroy structures, force hundreds of evacuationsBy Associated Press
April 20, 2022
Winds kicked up a towering wall of flames in rural northern Arizona on Tuesday, tearing through two-dozen structures and forcing the evacuation of more than 700 homes.
Coconino County declared an emergency Tuesday as the fast-moving wildfire outside of the Northern Arizona University college town of Flagstaff ballooned to over 9 square miles (23 square kilometers) Tuesday, Sheriff Jim Driscoll said during a news conference.
County officials said 766 homes and 1,000 animals have been evacuated. More than 2,000 people live in the area, officials said.
A couple of hundred homes are still threatened as smoke billowed into the air in an all-too-familiar scene. Residents recalled scrambling to pack their bags and flee a dozen years ago during a much-larger wildfire burned in the same area.
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https://nypost.com/2022/04/20/massive-flames-force-evacuation-of-hundreds-of-arizona-homes/
