Arizona wildfires force chaotic evacuation
The Monument fire burning in southern Arizona nearly doubled in size in less than 12 hours, leading to more notices of possible evacuation, authorities said Friday.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer declared a state of emergency Friday for Cochise County because of two wildfires in the area, Monument and Horseshoe Two.
Though the Monument fire is about 4% the size of the 773-square-mile Wallow fire, which began May 29 in northeast Arizona, it already has burned more homes: at least 40 vs. about three dozen