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6 June 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 10:49 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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Wildfires have spread across hundreds of square miles of forest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

An Arizona wildfire continued to grow on Monday morning, as firefighters contending with strong, dry winds remain unable to contain the blaze.<\/p>\n

The Wallow fire, the third-largest in the state’s history, has already consumed 301 sq miles (780 sq km).<\/p>\n

More than 2,300 firefighters from across the country have joined the fight, with residents evacuating towns in the fire’s path.<\/p>\n

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has described the fire as “horrific”.<\/p>\n

The fire, which started on 29 May, is threatening mountain communities in the east of the state.<\/p>\n

Smoke from the burning pine forests can be seen in the neighbouring states of New Mexico and Colorado.<\/p>\n

Most residents of the resort town of Greer, in the White Mountains, left on Saturday, packing their belongings in to vehicles as the Wallow Fire moved closer.<\/p>\n

The few who remain in the town, just seven miles (11km) from the fire’s front line, are under a pre-evacuation order, ready to leave at short notice.<\/p>\n

Residents in the towns of Alpine and Nutrioso have also been ordered to evacuate.<\/p>\n

Several towns near the New Mexico border – including Escudilla Mountain Estates, Bonita and Dog Patch – were evacuated on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Fire crews were lighting lines of smaller controlled fires in an effort to contain the advance of the wind-driven main blaze.<\/p>\n

Some 2,315 firefighters from several states, including New York, are on the scene fighting the blaze, according to local media, at a total cost of $3m (\u00a31.83m).<\/p>\n

A blaze in 2002 burnt through 732 sq miles in the centre of the state and another in 2005 that scorched 387 sq miles near Phoenix.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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