Arizona fire slowing

Source: Spokesman Review-AP

VERNON, Ariz. – A wildfire in eastern Arizona’s White Mountains grew by about a square mile on Sunday, but the expansion followed successful burnout operations by crews that an official said was “fighting fire with fire.”

The San Juan fire has blackened nearly 9 square miles, up from nearly 8 square miles, but the flames are not spreading, Southwest Area Incident Management Team spokesman Bill Morse said Sunday evening.

All the growth is inside perimeter lines that firefighters have built, he said. The burnout operations have consumed fuels between the perimeter and the main fire on the western edge and may produce more smoke than had been seen.

“This is literally fighting fire with fire,” Morse said, calling the western flank the “problem child.”

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A sign thanks firefighters Sunday in Vernon, Ariz.

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