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ROAD RUNNER Motorist hits $2,500 pothole PAGE A2 Axknm Haily Star Final Monday, July 1, 2013 AZSTARNET.COM $1 plus tax $3 outside Southern Arizona 19 firefighters killed in Prescott-area blaze Fast-moving Yarnell Hill Fire apparently quickly changed direction, capturing the crew Monsoon arrives in Tucson with bang Lightning fires, rain cap June of 100-plus highs By Veronica M.Cruz ARIZONA DAILY STAR The first monsoon of the season roared in unexpectedly Sunday evening capping off a month of triple-digit temperatures. At least three lightning-related fires, including one in the Catali-nas, were reported in and around the city. Tucsonans baked in triple -digit heat for 30 days straight throughout the entire month of June. It's the first 30 -day month to reach 100 degrees or higher every day, according to the National Weather Service. Thunderstorms moving south from Clifton picked up speed and dust as they crossed through Cochise County and into Benson at the same time a storm was developing over the Rincon Mountains and into Vail.

The combination of outflows from both storms kicked up dust, causing the weather service to issue a dust storm warning in Pima County, said Chris Ras-mussen, a meteorologist with the weather service. Some people reported zero visibility near Davis -Monthan Air Force Base, Rasmussen said. The wind continued to accelerate as the storm headed west, Rasmussen said. Gusts as high as 68 mph were reported at Tucson International Airport shortly before 7 p.m. A 40 -acre fire broke out Sunday evening in the Santa Catalina See MONSOON, A4 On StarNet: View current condi-tions and get the 10-day forecast at azstarnet.comweather TOM STORY THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC A home in the rustic old town of Yarnell goes up in flames.

Fire officials said as many as half the town's 500 homes were lost in the lightning-caused wildfire. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum Sunday as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. ByJackee Coe and Laurie Merrill THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC Arizona State forestry officials confirmed Sunday night that 19 firefighters died in a wildifire that ripped through the small town of Yarnell, about 20 miles south of Prescott. Fire officials called it the dead liest wildfire ever in Arizona. "It's a dark day," said Mike Re-ichling, Arizona State Forestry Division spokesman.

Reichling said the 19 firefighters had shelters deployed, and some of those found were inside the protective shields. Some were not. Officials said about half of the manpower dedicated to the fire to reach about 400 people. The spokeswoman for Wicken-burg hospital, Roxie Glover, said some firefighters were flown to a Phoenix burn unit and others were being taken to Yavapai Regional Medical Center. See YARNELL, A4 town's 500 homes were likely destroyed by the fire, which had no containment Sunday.

It had burned more than 2,000 acres by the evening. Reichling said the fire was quickly reaching "Type 1" status the most severe and that federal authorities will be brought in to help today. He expected the Lambert has work ahead as he takes over at PCC Pima Library to play role in health-insurance law MORE INFO For information about the library initiative to help people learn more about the health-care overhaul, call 791-4010 and ask for Amber Mathewson, Pima County Public Library service manager. By Carol Ann Alaimo ARIZONA DAILY STAR A famous scene from Greek mythology has been playing in Lee Lambert's head as he's pictured taking the helm of troubled Pima Community College In the literary classic Homer's "Odyssey," the hero, Odysseus, must steer a ship through a treacherous passage with monsters on both sides threatening to sink it. There are casualties, but the hero gets through and eventually with fierce persistence makes it home.

"I'm like Odysseus going through the strait, proceeding very carefully through a narrow channel," said Lambert, 50, who starts work today as PCC's new chancellor. A talent for navigating in troubled seas is likely to come in handy as the college faces one of the darkest periods in its 40 -plus year See LAMBERT, A4 On StarNet: Find more education and PCC news and resources at azstarnet.comeducation Public computers, information to aid those signing up STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS The nation's librarians, including those in the Tucson-area, will be recruited to help people get signed up for insurance under President Obama's health-care overhaul. Up to 17,000 U.S. libraries will nounced Sunday in Chicago at the annual conference of the American Library Association. The initiative starts Oct.

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