Joe Mesa and Mike Nunez with The Groundskeepers chip oak and alligator juniper in Madera Canyon outside Tucson, Ariz., during structure protection of the buildings on Tuesday, July 12, 2003. Firefighters thinned the brush and trees surrounding the local homes to try and keep them from burning in case the Florida Fire gets into the canyon. Photo by A. E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star. 

The Florida Fire was contained by July 22, 2005, having consumed 23,183 acres. Residents of Madera Canyon were permitted to return to their homes.

Smoke forms a halo, or seems to, around monsoon clouds as the Florida Fire burns in Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson from the Santa Rita Road north of Sonoita, July 14, 2005. Jeffry Scott/Arizona Daily Star. 121696.

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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