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SCOTTSDALE, AZ — A year has come and gone since the Diamond Fire spread across north Scottsdale, forcing evacuations and threatening homes.
”It’s so quiet, there’s no sound out here,” said Karen Nabity while in the front yard of her property. That peace was disturbed this time last year when she looked out her window and saw smoke quickly turn into the Diamond Fire.”They said ‘don’t worry, it’s a level two we have it under control.’ He couldn’t have been more wrong. That fire went from here to my daughter’s house on 144 in 30 minutes,” she said.
”You’re driving away and you don’t know if that home is going to be there for the kids to come back to,” she said holding back tears.WE'RE HERE TO HELP Do you have a concern in your community or a news tip? We want to hear from you!More than 100 homes and 11 hundred residents in Scottsdale were evacuated.Following up a year later, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management had previously told us it was human-caused.
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