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captions paid for by nbc-universal television i'm lester holt. in tonight for brian. remarkably, that stubborn wildfire in arizona we have been telling you about for days now is still burning completely uncontained. covering now over 600 square miles and blanketing several more with layers of smoke. tonight, firefighters are making a stand around the threatened hamle hamlett, greer, it's threatened by fire which is one of the last communities to get out. >> reporter: good evening, lester. it started with sparks from an unattended camp fire. it's now burning a big chunk of arizona a...

good evening, i'm lester holt in for brian. remarkably, that stubborn wildfire in arizona we have been telling you about for days now is still burning completely uncontained. covering now over 600 square miles and blanketed several more with layers of smoke. tonight, firefighters are making a stand around greer. it's threatened by fire around hamilton, which was one of the last communities to get out. >> reporter: good evening, lester. it started with sparks from an unattended camp fire. it's now burning a big chunk of arizona as firefighters try to save the trees and hills behind me...

a lifetime. "nightly news" begins now. good evening, i'm lester holt in for brian. remarkable, that stubborn wildfire in arizona that we have been betalking ability has been completely conteared. it's around hamilton and greer. it's surrounded by fire, one of many communities that are now virtual ghost towns as their risdants were forced to get. george is in apache with the latest ing the fire zone. >> reporter: good evening. it started by sparks from an unattended wildfire. it's now sped to a huge chunk of arizona. people are battling to save their homes in the hills right now beh...