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JUNE 14, 2001

More than 700 firefighters are battling a blaze in the San Francisco Peaks of northern Arizona, mountains considered sacred to a number of tribes in the Southwest.

Called the Leroux fire, the 1,200-acre blaze was started by an abandoned campfire.

The Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Navajo Nation are among the tribes who consider the peaks sacred.

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Would closure have averted Peaks fire? (The Arizona Republic 6/14)
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