
Firefighters face windy conditions as blazes grow near Flagstaff, Arizona, prompting hundreds of evacuations
CNN
Three wildfires just north of Flagstaff, Arizona, continue to burn at an uncontrolled rate as weather this week may exacerbate conditions for firefighters battling back flames.
The Pipeline Fire, about six miles from the city, has scorched approximately 5,000 acres as of Monday afternoon, according to an update from wildfire information site InciWeb. Two smaller fires in the vicinity, the Haywire Fire and Double Fire, have grown and are expected to combine, InciWeb said.
"Strong winds continue to move the Pipeline Fire toward the northeast" toward the other fires roughly six miles further ahead, the latest fire message on InciWeb said.

Nationwide outcry over the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent spilled into the streets of cities across the US on Saturday, with protesters demanding the removal of federal immigration authorities from their communities and justice for the slain Renee Good.

Since early December the US Coast Guard and other military branches have boarded and taken control of five oil ships that had previously been sanctioned, all either accused of being in the process of transporting Venezuelan oil or on their way to take on oil that has been subject to US sanctions since President Donald Trump began a pressure campaign against the leadership of the country during his first term.

A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon, in the latest blow to Trump’s efforts to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote and to require that all ballots be received by Election Day.










