AZ Brush Fire Burning Southwest of Tucson
Brush Fire Burning
Southwest of Tucson
Updated: Monday, 25 May 2009, 6:35 AM MDT
Published : Monday, 25 May 2009, 6:35 AM MDT
TUCSON, Ariz. - Authorities say a human-caused brush fire forced the precautionary evacuation of 10 homes Sunday in a community southwest of Tucson.
Pima County Sheriff's Department officials say the fire was about 50 percent contained by nightfall after charring about 160 acres near Three Points.
The evacuation of area residents was ordered by officials of the Three Points Fire District as a precaution Sunday afternoon, said Judy Wood, spokeswoman for the Arizona State Forestry Division.
Sheriff's spokesman Deputy Dawn Barkman says no structures were damaged and there were no injuries.
Barkman says an illegal immigrant became lost in the desert and started a signal fire to seek help. :roll:
That person was turned over to U.S. Border Patrol agents.
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