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Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Sunday, 10 June, 2012 at 13:51 (01:51 PM) UTC.
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A fire that has spread to 200 acres between Superior and Apache Junction is about 50 percent contained. David Albo, spokesman for the Tonto National Forest, said about 60 people are fighting the Comet Fire, which is burning a mile east of Queen Valley, north of the U.S. 60. The fire was reported shortly after noon, and officials don’t know how it started, Albo said. “Especially early in the initial-attack phase, they’re kind of scrambling to get some containment of the fire,” he said. The fire is burning primarily Sonoran Desert-type brush, Albo said. Brush fires are “usually not as intense” as forest fires, he said, though they are hard to fight. “The terrain in that area can be kind of difficult, steep and rugged,” he said. No homes or other buildings are in the fire’s path, Albo said. “There is a power line in the vicinity that is a concern, but I don’t think it’s immediately threatened at this point,” he said.
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