A massive wildfire in eastern Arizona that forced the evacuation of several mountain communities has grown to 301 square miles, and crews face another tough day ahead, fire officials said Monday. Strong winds and low humidity were predicted at the Wallow fire. The U.S. Forest Service said the blaze has burned nearly 193,000 acres since it started more than a week ago near the White Mountain town of Alpine. So far there is zero containment, the Associated Press (AP) reported. About 2,300 firefighters are at the scene, including many from several western states and as far away as New York, fire information officer Peter Frenzen said. The fire is the state's third-largest, behind a 2002 blaze that burnt more than 732 square miles and one in 2005 that burned about 387 square miles in the Phoenix suburb of Cave Creek.
