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Summer lightning causes Arizona wildfires

Arizona is on fire.

About 10 fires are currently burning in the northern half of the state as of Monday afternoon, according to a map from the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.

On Monday, officials estimated between 45 to 150 people were evacuated from Sunflower as part of the Diamond Fire — along state Route 87, according to Ron Coleman, spokesman for Maricopa County Emergency Management.

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