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Wildfire along border grows to 1,000 acres
Arizona Daily Star ^ | Djamila Grossman

Posted on 02/28/2006 5:14:32 PM PST by SandRat

A wildfire that extended from Mexico into Southern Arizona had grown to about 1,000 acres by Monday night, officials said.

Montezuma One is burning along the border west of the Coronado National Monument, close to Montezuma Pass in Cochise County. The larger part of the fire is burning across the border in Mexico, said Teresa Ann Ciapusci, acting public affairs officer with the Coronado National Forest.

The fire is south of Sierra Vista and Fort Huachuca. It's the largest wildfire this year in the national forest, although officials Monday did not have ...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 1000; acres; along; border; grows; wildfire

1 posted on 02/28/2006 5:14:34 PM PST by SandRat
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To: SandRat

IBSES:
"It's Bush's Fault"


2 posted on 02/28/2006 5:16:30 PM PST by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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To: xcamel
"It's Bush's Fault"

No, clearly a plot of the Mexican military to cover their invasion. /sarc
3 posted on 02/28/2006 5:19:14 PM PST by ndt
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To: SandRat
Instead of wild animals running from the fire, we see illegal immigrants running from the fire...
4 posted on 02/28/2006 5:19:29 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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