 Arizona will continue to sizzle as well as firefighters battle a blaze near Phoenix where some contend with burns from blazing hot asphalt, concrete, and other surfaces. Thousands of people evacuated during a northern California blaze were allowed to return home Thursday afternoon as crews continued battling flames amid scorching heat. Containment of the Thompson fire near the city of Oroville in Butte County increased to 29 percent. The vast majority of the 17,000 under evacuation orders or warnings