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661:"Bighorn Fire Near Tucson Threatens Hundreds Of Homes"
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635:Star, Arizona Daily (2020-06-29).
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475:"As a Virus Does, so Too a Fire"
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374:Devoid, Alex (11 June 2020).
585:Potter, Allie (2020-06-08).
538:. 2021-03-02. Archived from
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209:Santa Catalina Mountains
68:Santa Catalina Mountains
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259:Exacerbating Conditions
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311:"UPDATE: Bighorn Fire"
43:June 5, 2020
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16:2020 Arizona wildfire
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293:"Incident Overview"
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135:Non-fatal injuries
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146:$ 37 million
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1092:(July 5–10)
1078:Rattlesnake
1017:Snake Ridge
952:(April 4–9)
921:Rattlesnake
903:Jar Complex
816:(April 22–)
750:Horseshoe 2
266:Buffelgrass
253:Pusch Ridge
236:Summerhaven
122:Burned area
104: /
92:110°56′35″W
79:Coordinates
1478:Categories
1335:(June 20–)
1311:(June 16–)
1254:Cow Canyon
1244:(July 13–)
1238:(July 13–)
1212:Blue River
968:Mule Ridge
927:Playground
852:(July 29–)
846:(July 17–)
840:(June 17–)
671:2023-06-18
646:2023-06-18
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492:2023-06-18
459:2023-06-18
435:Tucson.com
417:Tucson.com
361:Tucson.com
277:References
228:Oro Valley
117:Statistics
89:32°22′41″N
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1299:(June 8–)
1291:Telegraph
1214:(June 5–)
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970:(May 31–)
885:Whitetail
873:Guadalupe
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719:2000–2012
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211:north of
159:Lightning
1450:Category
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1321:Backbone
1303:Pinnacle
1169:Sheridan
1133:Woodbury
1053:Brooklyn
1023:Boundary
832:San Juan
566:KTAR.com
399:Archived
380:Archived
315:KOLD.com
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956:Juniper
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909:Springs
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826:Galahad
744:Schultz
341:12 June
297:InciWeb
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1333:Walnut
1327:Rafael
1315:Horton
1285:Mescal
1236:Valley
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1218:Mangum
1145:Castle
1121:Maroon
1096:Stubbs
1090:Cumero
1084:Tinder
986:Fuller
950:Topock
850:Hammer
758:(2011)
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143:Damage
1412:Watch
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