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Firefighters responded to a lightning-caused fire in the Prescott National Forest on Mingus Mountain, about 10 miles east of Prescott Valley.

The Diamond Fire, burning southeast of Indian Spring Peak, can be seen from Highway 87 as crews work to contain the fire, and as residents are forced out of their homes.

Peoria Police say a group of people inside a car near Lake Pleasant drove off the road and landed on the car's roof Sunday night.

Yavapai County residents in the area of Federal Mines Road in the town of Cherry are in GO mode Sunday afternoon because of the Racetrack Fire. Residents need to head toward Camp Verde and an evacuation shelter is being established, the sheriff's office says.

This week's top stories include coverage of a massive fire in Phoenix near the airport, a Phoenix woman being struck and badly hurt by a bison and a woman reportedly bringing in drugs into an Arizona jail.

The communities of Oracle Junction, Saddle Brooke Ranch, and Falcon Valley Ranch have been put on "set" status.

A large portion of Loop 101 in Tempe is backed up due to a deadly multi-car crash near University Drive on Saturday night.

More than two dozen people are out of their homes Saturday night after an apartment fire that broke out in Phoenix near 27th Avenue and Cactus Road.

First responders were called to an area near 75th Avenue and Union Hills Drive early Sunday morning after a neighbor reported seeing the fire next door.

Isaiah Parson, 27, reportedly pulled up to the woman near Baseline and Signal Butte roads at about 10:45 p.m. on July 18.