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Western wildfires force evacuations in Arizona, California

This photo provided by Nate Nise from Lowell Observatory shows smoke from the Pipeline Fire over the mountains above Flagstaff, Ariz., on Monday, June 13, 2023. A wildfire burning on the outskirts of the city has forced the evacuation of several hundred homes. (Nate Nise/Lowell Observatory via AP) This photo provided by Nate Nise from Lowell Observatory shows smoke from the Pipeline Fire over the mountains above Flagstaff, Ariz., on Monday, June 13, 2023. A wildfire burning on the outskirts of the city has forced the evacuation of several hundred homes. (Nate Nise/Lowell Observatory via AP) In this photo provided Caltrans, crews work to clear a multiple slides along Highway 70 in the Feather River Canyon near Belden, Calif., Sunday, June 12, 2022. A 50-mile (80-km) stretch of the highway was closed indefinitely on Monday after mud, boulders and dead trees inundated lanes during flash floods along a wildfire burn scar. There was no estimate for when the mountain route might reopen. (Caltrans via AP) In this photo provided Caltrans, crews work to clear a multiple slides along Highway 70 in the Feather River Canyon near Belden, Calif., Sunday, June 12, 2022. A 50-mile (80-km) stretch of the highway was closed indefinitely on Monday after mud, boulders and dead trees inundated lanes during flash floods along a wildfire burn scar. There was no estimate for when the mountain route might reopen. (Caltrans via AP) In this photo provided Caltrans, crews work to clear a multiple slides along Highway 70 in the Feather River Canyon near Belden, Calif., Sunday, June 12, 2022. A 50-mile (80-km) stretch of the highway was closed indefinitely on Monday after mud, boulders and dead trees inundated lanes during flash floods along a wildfire burn scar. There was no estimate for when the mountain route might reopen. (Caltrans via AP) A firefighter watches as the Sheep fire burns in Wrightwood, Calif., Monday, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) Wind whips embers from a power line pole burned by the Sheep fire in Wrightwood, Calif., Monday, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) The moon is seen as the Sheep fire burns in Wrightwood, Calif., Monday, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) A fire engine is seen as the Sheep fire burns in Wrightwood, Calif., Monday, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) The Sheep fire burns in Wrightwood, Calif., Monday, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) The Sheep fire burns in Wrightwood, Calif., Monday, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) Janetta Kathleen and her horse, Squish, watch as smoke rises above neighborhoods on the outskirts of Flagstaff, Ariz., Sunday, June 12, casts a glow above neighborhoods. Evacuations have been ordered for homes in the area. Authorities say firefighters are responding to the wildfire about six miles north of Flagstaff that has forced evacuations. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca) Janetta Kathleen and her horse, Squish, watch as smoke rises above neighborhoods on the outskirts of Flagstaff, Ariz., Sunday, June 12, casts a glow above neighborhoods. Evacuations have been ordered for homes in the area. Authorities say firefighters are responding to the wildfire about six miles north of Flagstaff that has forced evacuations. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca) A firefighter watches as a helicopter drops water on the Sheep Fire burning in Wrightwood, Calif., Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) A firefighter watches as the Sheep Fire burns in Wrightwood, Calif., Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) Residents walk by as smoke rises from the Sheep Fire burning in Wrightwood, Calif., Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) Residents watch as smoke rises from the Sheep Fire burning in Wrightwood, Calif., Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) This Friday, June 10, 2022, aerial photo provided by the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service shows a tundra fire burning near the community of St. Mary's, Alaska. The largest documented wildfire burning through tundra in southwest Alaska was within miles St. Mary's and another nearby Alaska Native village, Pitkas Point, prompting officials Friday to urge residents to prepare for possible evacuation. (Ryan McPherson/Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service via AP) This June 10, 2022, aerial photo provided by the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service shows a tundra fire burning near the community of St. Mary's, Alaska. The largest documented wildfire burning through tundra in southwest Alaska was within miles St. Mary's and another nearby Alaska Native village, Pitkas Point, prompting officials Friday to urge residents to prepare for possible evacuation. (Ryan McPherson/Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service via AP)