Officials say wildfires in Southwest will blaze until rainy season

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 | 11:04 p.m. CDT; updated 2:13 p.m. CDT, Sunday, July 24, 2011

PHOENIX — The wildfires sizzling through dried-out forests and grasslands across the Southwest are a bad omen in a fire season that is expected to continue for weeks until nature provides relief with seasonal rains.

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