Photo gallery: June 21: Monument Fire

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Images from the Monument Fire, June 21, 2011.

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Monument Fire — Fire crews monitor a burnout between Ramsey Canyon Road north to Kachina Road and west of Arizona 92 at the Monument Fire A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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Monument Fire — Members of the Globe Hotshots burn out an area between Ramsey Canyon Road north to Kachina Road and west of Arizona 92 on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. The crews work along a bulldozer line using drip torches which contain a mixture of diesel and gas. The burnout is to create a contingency line to protect the homes in the area. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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Monument Fire — Karl Griffor looks in on Buck, his 24-year-old Buckskin horse, at the Sierra Vista Riding Club after being evacuated last Sunday because of the Monument Fire A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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Monument Fire — Ryan Doyle with the Mill Creek Hotshots and Conor Hughes with Globe Hotshots stand at a crossroads where bulldozers created a line for a burnout operation A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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Monument Fire — Salvation Army members Mike Dunne from Tucson and Luis Ortiz from Nogales open up packages of bacon as they prepare breakfast in the late afternoon in the cafeteria at Buena High School where the American Red Cross has established an evacuation center for people whose homes are threatened or destroyed by the Monument Fire A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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Monument Fire — A members of the Globe Hotshots burns out an area between Ramsey Canyon Road north to Kachina Road and west of Arizona 92 A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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Monument Fire — Salvation Army members Anderson Schmig, Sheila Ridley and Luis Ortiz prepare breakfast in the late afternoon in the cafeteria at Buena High School where the American Red Cross has established an evacuation center for people whose homes are threatened or destroyed by the Monument Fire A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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Monument Fire — Members of the Globe Hotshots burn out an area between Ramsey Canyon Road north to Kachina Road and west of Arizona 92 at the Monument Fire. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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Monument Fire — With their backs to the fire and heavy smoke in the air, members of the Globe Hotshots look for hot spots in the unburned area during a burnout of an section between Ramsey Canyon Road north to Kachina Road and west of Arizona 92 A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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Monument Fire — Brittani Richardson, 4, plays with some donated toys in the cafeteria at Buena High School where the American Red Cross has established an evacuation center for people whose homes are threatened or destroyed by the Monument Fire on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. Eight members of the Richardson family, who live in Hereford, were evacuated last Thursday but stayed with family members in Sierra Vista until today. Based on information from friends in the Border Patrol their home is still standing, said Brad and Darci Richardson. With flames less than a quarter of a mile from their home, the family left all their toys at home, she said. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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Monument Fire — Mercedes Richardson, 7, is mesmerized as she plays with a donated doll in the cafeteria at Buena High School where the American Red Cross has established an evacuation center for people whose homes are threatened or destroyed by the Monument Fire on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. Eight members of the Richardson family, who live in Hereford, were evacuated last Thursday but stayed with family members in Sierra Vista until today. Based on information from friends in the Border Patrol their home is still standing, said Brad and Darci Richardson. With flames less than a quarter of a mile from their home, the family left all their toys at home, she said. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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Monument Fire — Janet Fontenot looks through some donated clothes piled up in a hallway at Buena High School where the American Red Cross has established an evacuation center for people whose homes are threatened or destroyed by the Monument Fire on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. Fontenot, who lives on Bevers and Arizona 92, does not know if her home is still standing or the condition of her pets, a dog and chickens, she said. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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Monument Fire — Ellen Pott of Tucson, and Susan Glandon of Sierra Vista, both with the Girls Scouts of Southern Arizona, are making sleeping masks for people staying in the gymnasium at Buena High School where the American Red Cross has established an evacuation center for people whose homes are threatened or destroyed by the Monument Fire on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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Monument Fire — This is a detail of Ellen Pott of Tucson, with the Girls Scouts of Southern Arizona, as she makes a sleeping masks for people staying in the gymnasium at Buena High School where the American Red Cross has established an evacuation center for people whose homes are threatened or destroyed by the Monument Fire on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star

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