ASPEN FIRE RAGES ALONG NEAR MOUNT LEMMON IN ARIZONA, 2003-06-20 (photo)

A fire rages out of control along Mt. Lemmon near Tucson, Arizona, June 20, 2003. Firefighters battled to prevent more homes from being swallowed by a wind-driven wildfire that has already destroyed some 250 homes and consumed some 4,000 acres as it roared through thick Ponderosa pine in southern Arizona. In a raging start to what experts predict could be a devastating wildfire season in the West, the blaze left scores of people homeless as it claimed roughly half the structures in the tiny hamlet of Summerhaven on Mount Lemmon, fire officials said. REUTERS/Jeff Topping JT/GN