The Bronco Fire and Indian Creek Fire were both caused by lightning and burned less than 10 miles from each other.

About 145 fire personnel were assigned to the Bronco Fire.

About 60 fire personnel were assigned to the Indian Creek fire.

Two wildfires burning in central eastern Arizona together scorched over 18,000 acres as of Aug. 9, according to state and federal fire officials.

The Bronco Fire and Indian Creek Fire were both caused by lightning and burned less than 10 miles from each other, according to fire officials.

The Bronco Fire burned on the eastern portion of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, according to the Albuquerque Zone Type 3 Incident Management Team on InciWeb , a federal wildfire tracker. It was located about 30 miles northeast of the community of San Car

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