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Joe Altavilla, alongside his Russian Wolfhound dog Sundance, watches smoke rising from the Doce Fire near his home in Yavapai County, Arizona June 19, 2013. More than 500 firefighters were battling the Doce Fire, which has burned through 7,000 acres (2,830 hectares) of chaparral, pine and juniper since Tuesday morning near Prescott, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Phoenix, the Prescott National Forest said in a statement. REUTERS/Joshua Lott ... more 

Joe Altavilla, alongside his Russian Wolfhound dog Sundance, watches smoke rising from the Doce Fire near his home in Yavapai County, Arizona June 19, 2013. More than 500 firefighters were battling the Doce Fire, which has burned through 7,000 acres (2,830 hectares) of chaparral, pine and juniper since Tuesday morning near Prescott, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Phoenix, the Prescott National Forest said in a statement. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER ANIMALS) less