PHOENIX (AP) - Authorities say brush fire has now been contained after charring 4 square miles in far north Phoenix.
It’s still unclear how the fire started about 12:45 p.m. Thursday along the Loop 303 freeway and quickly grew.
The fire eventually closed an 11-mile stretch of Interstate 17 in both directions for hours due to thick, black smoke.
No homes or buildings were threatened by the second-alarm brush fire, however.
Phoenix Fire Department officials say more than 75 firefighters from surrounding cities helped control the blaze.
There were no reported injuries.
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