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<p>A plane drops slurry near houses after a fire sparked on Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Ariz., on Friday.</p>

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Evacuees return home from wildfires
June 19, 2011 9 p.m.

Evacuees return home from wildfires

Weather will provide no relief for firefighters in near future

PHOENIX - Some residents evacuated because of wildfires in Arizona and New Mexico were allowed to return to their homes Saturday, as firefighters battled strong winds and hot weather to try to keep more homes, dry forests and stretches of high desert from being consumed by the flames.