Photos: Monument Fire 2011
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The worst days of the devastating wildfire that burned homes and businesses around Sierra Vista in June, 2011.
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Christopher Zehr looks over his mother's burned up Ford Mustang outside his family's burned down home on Mesquite Tree Lane in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Thursday June 23, 2011. The house burned when the Monument Fire jumped Highway 92 on Sunday.
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Homeowner Michael Zehr gets a hug from neighbor Nancy Vickrey in front of his burnt down house on Mesquite Tree Lane east of Highway 92 that was completely burned by the Monument Fire last Sunday near Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Thursday June 23, 2011.
- Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star
Former employee and current regular customer John Gravelle walks away from the burnt out remains of Nick's Place along Highway 92 in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Thursday June 23, 2011. The business was one of a few burned by the Monument Fire on Sunday.
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Boy Scouts from several local troops sort through bottled water for evacuees and firefighters donated by the community at Fry Fire Department Station #2 in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Saturday June 18, 2011. Photo by Greg Bryan, Arizona Daily Star
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Homeowner Pete Tunstall takes a moment while at his home that burned along the south side of Ramsey Road near State Route 92 as the Monument Fire burns on June 19, 2011 near Sierra Vista. Tunstall lived in this house since 1969.
- Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star
- Jill Torrance/Arizona Daily Star
- Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star
- Jill Torrance/Arizona Daily Star
- Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star
- Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star
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