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The devastating Arizona wildfire set a record on Tuesday as the largest in state history, having burned over 469,000 acres, as shown in the latest aerial infrared images of the fire on Tuesday.

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The spiraling gun violence in Mexico is largely fuelled by weapons produced in the U.S., according to a report from the U.S. Congress.

The Wallow Fire, which broke out in what authorities believe was an unattended campfire the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest on May 29, has now spread to around 450,000 acres, destroying 29 houses and damaging another 5.

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As the Wallow Wildfire along the Arizona-New Mexico border continues to burn, firefighting flight mission crews kept fetching water from Luna Lake to drop it over the flares on Monday.

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More than 200 foreign migrant workers were discovered on a truck bound for the United States.

The Wallow fire, affecting the eastern part of Arizona and western New Mexico in the US, has affected thousands of people across the country and burnt over 600 square miles; very close to the 2002 Rodeo-Chediski Fire which affected around 732 square miles of forest area.

Firefighters had contained 5 percent of Arizona's massive Wallow fire and established containment lines on its northeast side, authorities said Saturday.

Nearly 10000 people were forced to flee and 30 houses were charred down when a massive wildfire in Arizona broke out and was at the brink of moving in to New Mexico on Friday. The fire threatened more towns possibly endangering two major power lines that bring electricity from Arizona to west Texas, a report said.

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The massive Wallow wildfires raging Arizona's eastern border forests expanded to 389,000 acres by Wednesday as strong winds carry toward New Mexico, now covering an area larger than the city of Phoenix. El Paso Electric warned that 90,000 people could go without power by Friday if their lines are damaged.

The fire in Arizona rages on with no end in site. Here's a look at the latest photos from the towns of Springerville and Eager where 8,000 residents have been forced to evacuate.

The massive wildfires raging in Arizona since May 29 have swelled to 389,000 acres by Wednesday, and are heading toward New Mexico, now covering an area larger than the city of Phoenix.

The Wallow Fire along Arizona's eastern border forests is heading towards a high-voltage link that deliver 40 percent of the power used by 371,000 homes and businesses in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, said El Paso Electric.