Smoke from Arizona Fires Creates Hazy Skies over Wyoming

Where did our mountains go? No it's not an elaborate magic trick from David Copperfield it's one huge fire in Arizona! More than 2,000 firefighters are combating the Wallow Fire that has consumed 184,000 acres in eastern Arizona, forced residents to flee a handful of communities and put others on the verge of evacuation.

One of the largest wildfires in Arizona history threatened mountain retreats and spread ash and smoke as far away as Albuquerque, New Mexico, more than 200 miles away, officials said Saturday.

Across the state, blazes have burned more than 250,000 acres.

More than 1,000 personnel were battling a large wildfire near Alpine in the east-central part of the state. The fire, of undetermined origin, had burned 140,000 acres by Saturday and prompted the evacuation of nearly 2,500 people.

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