Arizona wildfire displaced 10,000

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The gruesome Arizona forest fire has forced nearly 10,000 people to evacuate.

11 June,2011 11:33 am

The fire broke out 12 days ago in the forest of the US state of Arizona and now advancing towards New Mexico.The wildfire believed to have been sparked by inattentive campers, leaving at least 600 square miles of pine forest blackened and menacing several mountain towns near the New Mexico border. Two main electricity supply lines were also feared to be damaged by fire.The US authorities increased the number of firefighters by 1,500 2,500, who were not only trying to calm the fire but cutting trees to cease the spread.