As Southern CA Burns, Southern AZ Also Faces Risk

Dec. 11--As Southern California is ablaze with some of the worst fires in the state's history, public lands officials in bone-dry Southern Arizona are warning that the region is a tinderbox at risk for its own siege of wildfires. Coronado National Forest lands around Tucson are at risk for "significant wildfire activity for a number of reasons," said Heidi Schewel, spokeswoman for the forest.