A brushfire is threatening dozens of homes in northern Scottsdale, Arizona, and has prompted evacuations
threatened dozens of homes in northern Scottsdale and prompted evacuations as about 250 firefighters aided by air tankers battled the blaze, fire officials said.The blaze, called the Diamond Fire, broke out at around 5:15 p.m. and within hours had burned 3.9 square miles of land without any containment, fire officials said. The fire was near McDowell Mountain Regional Park.
“Our friend told us this was happening," Birdoes said. “He was out here mountain biking and so we came out to see what was going on.” Scottsdale Fire Capt. David Folio said at a news conference that the fire began in Scottsdale but has since moved into county and state lands to the east and the command post has been turned over to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.“The fire was just too active,” she said. “It was producing erratic fire behavior.”
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