in our west coast newsroom. good morning, anita. we re hearing governor brewer is using federal resources to help out all the fires. how s it going? reporter: hi there heather. late yesterday afternoon, yesterday brewer governor brewer called out members of the national guard to assist in fighting the monument fire, mostly for security purposes. keep in mind this fire is burning south of that massive wallow fire we ve been talking about for weeks, burning south of tucson and into mexico, so far, 27,000 acres, heavy wind gusts of up to 60 miles an hour in bone dry conditions led to a dreadful situation over the weekend, with a total of 58 homes and 22 businesses burned, everyone else in harm s way is working to protect their properties, including this pool supply store in sierra vista, which stopped its shipments of chlorine just to stay safe. it s surreal. it s something you see in a movie. and you don t see it here behind the lines, but what s going on down there is just
guard to step in and help especially with security because there are a lot of evacuations going on. this fire is south of the massive wallow fire that we ve been talking about for weeks now. it s burning south of tucson and into mexico. so far around 27,000 acres have burned. 58 homes and 22 businesses have been lost. everyone else in harm s way is working to protect their properties, including this pool supply store in sierra vista, which stopped its shipments of chlorine to stay safe. it s surreal. it s something you see in a movie, and you don t see it here behind the lines, but what is going on down there is just crazy. reporter: now north of the monument fire the wallow fire is still burning. it s now officially the largest fire in arizona history at more than 500,000 acres. it is more than 50% contained, but still threatening a few areas in moo next could he like the city of luna.