Sentence examples for rodeo fire from inspiring English sources

"We're at the mercy of Mother Nature right now," said Larry Humphrey, incident commander of the Rodeo fire, Arizona's largest.

Eventually, the Rodeo fire merged with the Chediski fire to burn a total of 470,000 acres and 467 homes.

Mr. Gregg said he started the fire, later called the Rodeo fire, on June 18 , 2002 so he could make money fighting it.

The man accused of setting the Chediski section of that fire was a part-time firefighter, while the Rodeo fire, with which it merged, was thought to have been started by a woman who was lost in the forest.

Since Mr. Gregg was arrested for starting the Rodeo fire, Apaches say their northern neighbors have shown little sympathy for their losses, and rumors are spreading across Cibecue that Apaches are unwelcome in white communities and that restaurants will not serve them.

Officials said the Rodeo fire was set by an out-of-work firefighter who wanted to insure that he got a jobs, and the Chediski fire, with later merged with the Rodeo one, was sparked by a lost hiker trying to get the attention of a helicopter pilot.

The Rodeo-Chediski fire of 2002 claimed 465 homes.

In the case of the Rodeo-Chediski Fire, however, investigators determined that two separate culprits were to blame.

A year later, Mr. Prisoc and other Arizonans resent the two people believed to have started the Rodeo-Chediski fire.

Known as the Rodeo-Chediski fire, it has consumed more than 467,000 acres and is only 45percentt contained.

He lost a cabin in 2002 during the Rodeo-Chediski Fire, which burned more than 465,000 acres and remains Arizona's worst wildfire.