Crews fighting northern Arizona wildfire focus on securing last unprotected stretch of blaze
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Crews fighting a wildfire in a northern Arizona canyon focused Monday on building containment lines along the last unprotected stretch of the blaze.
Firefighters will build 3 miles of protection lines on the southern end of the Slide Fire after having completed much of their work on the blaze's key northern and western flanks.
The human-caused fire has been burning since Tuesday around Oak Creek Canyon, a scenic recreation area along the highway between Sedona and Flagstaff that would normally be crowded with tourists Memorial Day weekend.
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No homes have been destroyed.
The fire covered more than 25 square miles and was 25 percent contained by Monday morning.
It had grown more than 3 square miles since the latest report on its size.