Wind gusts of up to 50mph kicked up flames as high as 100ft outside a tourist town and ash rained from the sky

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/20/wall-of-fire-sends-arizona-evacuations

AssociatedPressWed 20 Apr 2022 08.47 EDT

Heavy winds kicked up a towering wall of flames outside a northernArizonatourist town late on Tuesday, ripping through two dozen structures and sending residents of more than 700 homes scrambling to flee.

Flames as high as 100ft raced through an area of scattered homes, dry grass and Ponderosa pine trees on the outskirts of Flagstaff as wind gusts of up to 50mph pushed the blaze over a major highway.

Coconino county officials said during an evening news conference that 766 homes and 1,000 animals had been evacuated. About 250 structures remained threatened in the area popular with hikers and off-road…