After Charring 300,000 Acres, Arizona Wildfires Continue

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Eastern Arizona has seen close to 3,000 of its residents displaced due to an out-of-control wild fire in the mountains along the New Mexico border, that has been ablaze for more than 10 days now.   For a live update on the situation, we are joined by  Peter O’Dowd, News Director for KJZZ in Arizona.

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