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Home evacuations lifted near NW AZ wildifre

Posted at 4:34 PM, May 21, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-21 19:34:09-04
MOHAVE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities have lifted evacuations for 60 homes in the vicinity of a wildfire in northwestern Arizona.
 
Mohave Valley fire officials had evacuated residences as a precaution Friday night after the wind-aided wildfire burned approximately 400 acres.
 
The fire was first reported earlier in the day around 3:15 p.m.
 
Mohave County Emergency Management Coordinator Byron Steward says the fire was started by either a downed power line or a transformer.
 
It's burning near Willow Valley, north of Interstate 40.
 
So far, no structures have been damaged.
 
Evacuated residents were able to stay at a Red Cross shelter at the local elementary school.