PHOENIX (Reuters) - Hundreds of firefighters battled several Arizona wildfires on Monday that charred nearly 11 square miles (28 square km) of parched ponderosa forest, brush and grassland, consuming several buildings and threatening a small town, authorities said.
The Sunflower Fire, the largest of at least four blazes in central and eastern Arizona, burned 7 square miles in the Tonto National Forest, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Phoenix, a fire response team handling the blaze said. It was just 5 percent contained late Monday.