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A wildfire burning northeast of Bisbee on Thursday caused the evacuation of 130 residents and was threatening 300 homes, an official said.

Bisbee police ordered the evacuations as a precaution, according to Cliff Pearlberg, a spokesman for the Arizona State Land Department.

An additional 150 commercial buildings and 300 outbuildings were also being threatened by the Moon Canyon Fire, but none had been lost and no injuries were reported Thursday night. The fire, which charred about 550 acres as of 9:30 p.m., began around 10:45 a.m. behind a private structure four miles northeast of Bisbee, Pearlberg said.

The cause has yet to be determined.

About 200 people were expected to be working the blaze by this morning, and other resources that were being used included engines from cooperating fire departments, two helicopters and a single-engine airplane, Pearlberg said.

The projected date for containment of the fire is Monday, Pearlberg said. He anticipated the fire would continue to grow overnight through today but said it was not spreading rapidly.