Photos: Monument Fire 2011
The worst days of the devastating wildfire that burned homes and businesses around Sierra Vista in June, 2011.
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Fire crews head for safety as the Monument Fire jumps Arizona 92 outside Hereford. The fire forced many people to flee their homes Thursday, many to shelters in Sierra Vista.
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Monument Fire jumpes Arizona 92
Monument Fire jumps Arizona 92
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A truck passes by trees charred by the Montezuma Fire along Montezuma Canyon Road in Coronado National Memorial near Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Sunday June 19, 2011.
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Qwest workers restore phone lines in the Ash Canyon area burned by the Monument Fire in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Thursday June 23, 2011.
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Christopher Zehr looks over his mother's burned up Ford Mustang outside his family's burned down home on Mesquite Tree Lane in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Thursday June 23, 2011. The house burned when the Monument Fire jumped Highway 92 on Sunday.
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An empty sign and crumbled bricks are all that remain of Ricardo's Mexican Restaurant, one of a few business claimed by the Monument Fire, along Highway 92 in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Thursday June 23, 2011.
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Homeowner Michael Zehr gets a hug from neighbor Nancy Vickrey in front of his burnt down house on Mesquite Tree Lane east of Highway 92 that was completely burned by the Monument Fire last Sunday near Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Thursday June 23, 2011.
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Former employee and current regular customer John Gravelle walks away from the burnt out remains of Nick's Place along Highway 92 in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Thursday June 23, 2011. The business was one of a few burned by the Monument Fire on Sunday.
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Lisa Whitacre, left, hugs Hank Tunstall in the ruins of his father's home that burned to the ground on Ramsey Road east of State Route 92 as the Monument Fire burns on June 19, 2011 near Sierra Vista.
Monument Fire nears Sierra Vista
Monument Fire nears Sierra Vista
Boy Scouts from several local troops sort through bottled water for evacuees and firefighters donated by the community at Fry Fire Department Station #2 in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Saturday June 18, 2011. Photo by Greg Bryan, Arizona Daily Star
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Homeowner Pete Tunstall takes a moment while at his home that burned along the south side of Ramsey Road near State Route 92 as the Monument Fire burns on June 19, 2011 near Sierra Vista. Tunstall lived in this house since 1969.
Recreation areas in the Coronado National Forest won't be reopening any time soon, and some campgrounds, roads and trails could be closed for …
Finely tuned firefighting strategies - and a touch of good fortune - kept a raging wildfire from torching one of the ecological gems of Southe…
U.S. Forest Service teams assessing damage from the Murphy, Monument and Horseshoe 2 fires say 31,736 acres of soil was severely burned, with much of the soil in the "hydrophobic" category, meaning any water that falls on it will run off without being absorbed.
Fire, flood and forest closures shut down recreational tourism in large swaths of Arizona early this summer, and the effects linger even as ac…
Fires have burned more than 1 million acres of Arizona forest and grassland this year. They have burned in every month of the year, including this one.
The "Town Too Tough to Die" says it doesn't need any stinkin' permits to make emergency repairs to its water source in a wilderness area in th…
Forests were in flames across Southern Arizona last May and June - and forecasts indicate we could see more of the same this year.
Southern Arizona's costliest fires of 2011 were both human-caused, and both started in border areas known for drug- and human-smuggling.
A major monsoon storm walloped Sierra Vista and other Cochise County areas Monday evening - sweeping two people away in a wall of water and le…
Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two mont…