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An Arizona wildfire nearly tripled in size overnight after tearing through two dozen structures and forcing the evacuation of more than 700 homes. The wind-whipped fire on the outskirts of Flagstaff ballooned to 26 square miles by Wednesday morning.
An Arizona wildfire more than tripled in size as relentless winds pushed the flames through neighborhoods on the outskirts of a college and tourist town, keeping hundreds of residents away from their homes and destroying more than two dozen structures.
Red flag warnings were on tap across New Mexico on Wednesday and through the rest of the week, and in portions of northern Arizona for Thursday.
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press
More than 760 homes have been evacuated near Flagstaff and 25 structures destroyed as a wildfire which was first reported on Sunday afternoon blazed over 30 square miles, covering 20,000 acres.