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3 homes burned, 1 injured in grass fire near Sierra Vista

Reported by: Associated Press
Reported by: ABC15.com staff
Last Update: 5/09 3:03 pm
A Southern Arizona wildfire that broke out on Tuesday is now 95 percent contained, according to officials with the Coronado National Forest.

The fire destroyed three homes and injured one person near Sierra Vista.
 
The U.S. Forest Service says the human-caused fire, fueled by dry grass and brush, charred 4,208 acres since igniting on private land about 1 p.m. west of Fort Huachuca and then spreading to Coronado National Forest land.
  
One person was airlifted Tuesday to a hospital for treatment of burns, although no other information about the victim was immediately available.
 
The blaze forced an unknown number of evacuations in a rural subdivision called West Gate, where the three homes were burned, and closed Fort Huachuca's west gate for several hours Tuesday.



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