Pushed by stiff winds, smoke pours to the northeast over the prairie along State Line Road, east of Portal, Ariz., Mon. May 16, 2011 from the Horseshoe 2 wildfire in the Chircahua Mountains. Kelly Presnell/ARIZONA DAILY STAR NO MAGS/NO SALE #152XXX

The Horseshoe 2 Fire began May 8, 2011. It was a human-caused fire in the Chiricahua Mountains. It burned more than 9,000 acres the first day.

The sun peeks through the smokey cloud in the Whitetail Canyon area of the Horseshoe 2 fire, Wed, June 8, 2011. Photo by David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star.


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Johanna Eubank is a digital producer for the Arizona Daily Star and tucson.com. She has been with the Star in various capacities since 1991. Contact her at jeubank@tucson.com