Photos: Fire on Mount Lemmon
A fire broke out Sunday evening in the Santa Catalina Mountains, just west of milepost 8 on Catalina Highway in an area known as Prison Camp.
Fire on Mt. Lemmon
Fire burning on Mt. Lemmon near mile post 8 Monday July 1, 2013, in Tucson, Arizona. Photo by Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star
Fire on Mt. Lemmon
Various shots of the fire burning on Mt. Lemmon near mile post 8 Monday July 1, 2013, in Tucson, Arizona. Photo by Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star
Fire on Mt. Lemmon
Smoke from the fire with Tucson in the background getting some of the smoke from the fire burning on Mt. Lemmon near mile post 8 Monday July 1, 2013, in Tucson, Arizona. This was shot from Wendy Point. Photo by Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star
Fire on Mt. Lemmon
A couple of people stopped at Wendy Point lookout to check out the fire burning on Mt. Lemmon near mile post 8 Monday July 1, 2013, in Tucson, Arizona. In the background the city of Tucson is really pretty smokey. Photo by Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star
Fire on Mt. Lemmon
A line of firefighters can barely be seen on the bottom left, as they are fighting the fire burning on Mt. Lemmon near mile post 8 Monday July 1, 2013, in Tucson, Arizona. Photo by Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star
Fire on Mt. Lemmon
Fire burning on Mt. Lemmon near mile post 8 Monday July 1, 2013, in Tucson, Arizona. Photo by Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star
Fire on Mt. Lemmon
Fire burning on Mt. Lemmon near mile post 8 Monday July 1, 2013, in Tucson, Arizona. Photo by Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star
Fire on Mount Lemmon
A wildfire burns along Catalina Highway, west of the Bug Spring Trailhead near milepost 8, on Mount Lemmon on Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Fire on Mount Lemmon
A wildfire burns along Catalina Highway, west of the Bug Spring Trailhead near milepost 8, on Mount Lemmon on Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Fire on Mount Lemmon
Cathi Thompson watches from the side of the road as a wildfire, in the background, burns along Catalina Highway, west of the Bug Spring Trailheard near milepost 8, on Mount Lemmon on Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Fire on Mount Lemmon
A wildfire burns in the Santa Catalina just south of Mt. Bigelow, probably sparked by lightning from a monsoon storm, Sunday, June 30, 2013, Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Fire on Mount Lemmon
A fire burns in the Catalina Mountains, photographed looking west at the Bug Spring Trailhead near milepost 8, on Sunday, June 30. The fire is burning in an area known as Prison Camp.
Fire on Mount Lemmon
A fire burns along Catalina Highway, photographed looking west at the Bug Spring Trailhead near milepost 8, on Mount Lemmon on Sunday, June 30. The fire is burning in an area known as Prison Camp.
Fire on Mount Lemmon
With the Tucson city lights in the background, a fire burns in the Catalina Mountains, photographed looking south from Windy Point, on Sunday, June 30, 2013, in Tucson, Ariz. The fire is burning in an area known as Prison Camp.
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