Firefighters in California, Montana, Michigan, Wyoming and Utah battled holiday weekend fires that blackened more than 6,000 acres of forest and wilderness areas. Illegal fireworks were blamed for a blaze that swept over 2,200 acres of Stanislaus National Forest in California. In southern Utah's scenic Zion National Park, firefighters tried to contain a 600-acre fire that was ignited by lightening. Meanwhile, three-quarters of an inch of rain on Monday helped slow a fire on 1,650 acres in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. A fire which burned 8,700 acres in Arizona's Tonto National Forest was reported extinguished on Monday.
Firefighters in California, Michigan, Montana, Wyoming and Utah battled holiday weekend fires that blackened more than 6,000 acres of forest and wilderness areas. Illegal fireworks were blamed for a blaze that swept over 2,200 acres of Stanislaus National Forest in California. In southern Utah's scenic Zion National Park, firefighters tried to contain a 600-acre fire that was ignited by lightening. Meanwhile, three-quarters of an inch of rain on Monday helped slow a fire on 1,650 acres in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. A fire which burned 8,700 acres in Arizona's Tonto National Forest was reported extinguished on Monday.