This photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service Gila National Forest on Thursday May 31, 2012, shows mop up operations along the northern edge of the Gila National Forest fire. The fire which grew Thursday to more than 190,000 acres, or nearly 300 square miles, as it raced across the area's steep, ponderosa pine-covered hills and through its rugged canyons in New Mexico near the Arizona border. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service Gila National Forest, John Roads)
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