TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Scores of lightning strikes between Saturday and Monday triggered a massive scramble for firefighting resources across the state and beyond.
Arizona State Land Department officials said there at least 110 wildfires burning around the state Monday although some were extremely small and few were threatening any structures.
Meanwhile, residents began returning Monday to a Dudleyville mobile home park evacuated a day earlier because of a wildfire that destroyed three homes and 10 other buildings, including sheds.
About 100 residents living in about 30 trailer homes at the Valentine Trailer Park and a few other homes nearby were evacuated on Sunday, but began returning home Monday, said Pinal County Sheriff's Cmdr. Jeffrey Karns.
The Indian Hills fire started Sunday in brush, grass and vegetation east of the San Pedro River and grew Monday to at least 550 acres, said Cliff Pearlberg, another State Land spokesman.
Firefighting crews used bulldozers from south to north to reinforce lines to protect homes in the area, Pearlberg said.
The fire moved both north and south Monday parallel to the river and west of Arizona 77.
Some 135 firefighters from 11 fire departments and one contractor battled the blaze, and equipment also was provided from Gila County.
The fire's cause was still under investigation.
