Re-blogged from EndTime Headlines
Hundreds of people were evacuated in Arizona on Tuesday after a wind-whipped wildfire spread across 5,000 acres in just seven hours. More than 300 firefighters, along with multiple helicopters and aircraft, moved in to tackle the “extreme” blaze which started in “remote, rugged terrain” on the east side of Granite Mountain near Prescott, Arizona, officials said. It is unclear what started the fire but Jeff Andrews, deputy fire staff officer for Prescott National Forest, said they hadn’t ruled out human cause. Andrews added that short- and long-terms models were being used in a bid to predict how the fire might spread. However, he warned that hot and windy conditions could make containing it more difficult. More
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