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Marcio Jose Sanchez/The Associated PressEmily Shupe comforts her 18-month-old son Jax as the family prepares to evacuate to Phoenix as the Wallow Fire approaches in Springerville on Tuesday.

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Flames from a mammoth forest fire licked the ridges surrounding the eastern Arizona town of Eagar on Tuesday afternoon, forcing the evacuation of about half the 4,000 residents as surrounding towns also prepared to empty.

By By BOB CHRISTIE and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN June 7, 2011