David Wallace/The Associated Press
The Gladiator Fire burns in the Bradshaw Mountains near Crown King on Wednesday.
Even as he explained to a crowd gathered at Mayer High School's gymnasium Wednesday evening that the Gladiator Fire had expanded to 5,400 acres, Incident Commander Joe Reinarz was much more upbeat than the day before.
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