Arizona Wildfire Spreads, Health Conditions Worsen

SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. -- Smoke from a massive wildfire in eastern Arizona that has claimed more than 30 homes and forced nearly 10,000 people to flee has officials worried about serious health impacts to residents and firefighters as tiny particles of soot in the air reached "astronomical" levels."It was off the charts," Mark Shaffer of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality said Friday night.(CLICK HERE for photos of Arizona's wildfire.)Read More... More on Natural Disasters

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