Arizona Questions 2 in Wildfire

Wallow blaze likely caused by campfire
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 16, 2011 8:05 AM CDT
Arizona Questions 2 in Wildfire
In a June 14, 2011 photo, people watch the growing plume of smoke from across Highway 92 as the Monument Fire burns in the Huachuca Mountains near Sierra Vista, Ariz.   (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Greg Bryan)

Investigators in Arizona have questioned two "persons of interest" in the most devastating wildfire to ever blaze through the state, which they believe was caused by a single campfire in the Bear Wallow wilderness, reports the AP. It's unclear whether those involved will face charges or have to pay restitution, and officials thus far aren't calling the pair suspects. Click through the gallery for scenes of the wildfires, which have now consumed almost 480,000 acres in Arizona and New Mexico. (More Arizona stories.)

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