While heavy rain on Wednesday provided some assistance to firefighters battling wildfires in New Mexico, the fires remain mostly uncontained.
While heavy rain on Wednesday provided some assistance to firefighters battling wildfires in New Mexico, the fires remain mostly uncontained.
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While heavy rain on Wednesday provided some assistance to firefighters battling wildfires in New Mexico, the fires remain mostly uncontained.
Laura McCarthy, New Mexico State Forester: "This fire is dangerous and fast moving. The winds are strong. They're not quite at the red flag level, but they are close. And the fire behavior that we saw yesterday and that is picking up now this afternoon is extreme fire behavior."
Over 23,000 acres have burned in southeast New Mexico, There have been two confirmed deaths, and over 1400 structures have been destroyed.
Evacuation orders have been placed over multiple towns and villages, as well as a portion of the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
Calaveras County in Northern California is also battling wildfires with aircraft. Over eight square miles have been burned since the fire began on Monday.
California has seen 90,000 acres burn during the current fire season.
For Market to Market, I’m Peter Tubbs.
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