Photo gallery: Wildfires spread by high winds
High winds helped spread recent wildfires in Arizona.
Monument fire
Ffirefighters set a backburn as they try to control the Monument Fire in Ramsey Canyon, near Sierra Vista on June 21, 2011.
Monument Fire
Monument fire
Firefighters set a backburn outside Sierra Vista on June 21, 2011.
Monument Fire
Rubble fills the chapel at Our Lady of the Sierras after it was claimed last week by the Monument Fire in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Thursday June 23, 2011. Photo by Greg Bryan, Arizona Daily Star
Monument Fire
Ash Canyon resident Mark Gibson talks with Traveler's Insurance claims adjuster Katie Culp about his pump house that burned in the Monument Fire last week in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Thursday June 23, 2011. Gibson's house, visible in the top left photo, was untouched by the fire. Photo by Greg Bryan, Arizona Daily Star
The Horseshoe 2 Fire, June 9
Horseshoe 2 Fire, June 9
The Horseshoe 2 Fire, June 9
Horseshoe 2 fire
Horseshoe 2 fire
Wallow Fire
Wallow Fire
Wallow Fire
Wallow Fire
Wallow Fire
A bone-dry winter set the stage, and then vicious winds blew Arizona to a record-setting fire season, with nearly 1 million acres burned so fa…