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A federal management team took over direction of the firefighting effort Monday, a move that expanded access to resources. More than 800 firefighters were battling the blaze Monday. The fire was the second that broke out in two days in the Flagstaff area. Some of the residents of the 116 homes evacuated because of the earlier fire in southeastern Flagstaff were allowed to return home after crews worked to establish a perimeter around the 300-acre blaze. A California man was arrested on suspicion of starting that blaze by leaving behind hot coals at a campsite in a wooded area about two miles from downtown Flagstaff. A third fire burning 11 miles northeast of nearby Williams is 60 percent contained after burning 3,420 acres. Other wildfires in the West also kept firefighters busy. In central Colorado, a wildfire that grew from at least five smaller blazes burned at least 700 acres Monday, destroying several structures and forcing the evacuation of homes, businesses and campgrounds near the Royal Gorge Park. Firefighters east of the Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado continued to battle a 4,700-acre fire burning amid high winds on rugged terrain. In New Mexico, fire officials continued to make progress on two wildfires, including a fire that charred nearly 13,900 acres in inaccessible terrain in the Jemez Mountains.
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