Washington, SANA-
Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as wildfires spread to the US state of Arizona.
Reuters quoted the Coconino County Board of Supervisors as saying that "a fire swept northeast of semi-inhabited hills 23 kilometers north of Flagstaff, Arizona," stressing that the fire spread to more areas due to strong spring winds, burning 24 apartment buildings and forcing 2,000 people to evacuate. On 16,625 acres, equivalent to the size of the Manhattan area.
It is noteworthy that two people were killed a week ago as a result of forest fires that engulfed the Ruidoso region in the US state of New Mexico, and forest fires broke out in other parts of the state of New Mexico along the Rio Grande River. No injuries were reported, while the authorities launched an investigation into the causes of these fires.
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