Wildfire chars 144,000 acres in Arizona

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A Wildfire chars at least 144,000 acres in the eastern region of the US state Arizona.

06 June,2011 09:58 am

Filling the sky with thick smoke, the fire continues to burn in Arizona, destroying hundreds of thousands of acres of forest and forcing hundreds of people to leave their houses.Fire-fighters, battling a raging wildfire in eastern Arizona, have made some slight progress in preventing the spread of a blaze. More than 1,300 fire-fighters from across the US were trying to protect several small mountain communities and stop the stubborn wildfire, burning about 250 miles northeast of Phoenix.Weather conditions had been helping fire-fighting efforts but there was fear that wind speed would increase and lightning might strike the area, an official said.