May 11, 2022 11:33 am Source: https://www.wildlandfirefighter.com/2022/05/11/new-mexico-fire-costs-top-65m-closes-in-on-taos/ By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Many homes near America’s largest wildfire survived the latest barrage of howling winds and erratic flames but New Mexico’s governor said Tuesday the risk of more destruction is high and that the long-term costs of recovering from the massive blaze will soar. Two more days of…
May 10, 2022 11:57 am Source: https://www.wildlandfirefighter.com/2022/05/10/record-fleet-of-super-scooper-aircraft-assembled-at-santa-fe-nm/ A quick look at the airport in Santa Fe and the casual observer might think there was a convention of super scooper aircraft in town. That’s because the location of multiple wildland fires in the Southwest makes the airport the perfect base of operations for both Bridger Aerospace and Aeroflite aircraft to…
May 6, 2022 10:48 am Source: https://www.wildlandfirefighter.com/2022/05/06/fire-crews-close-in-around-massive-new-mexico-wildfire/ LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Firefighters in New Mexico took advantage of diminished winds Thursday to build more fire lines and clear combustible brush near homes close to the fringes of the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. They did so ahead of what is expected to be several consecutive days of…
Paula Garcia fled Mora, with a population of about 800, first for Las Vegas and then Santa Fe.
May 5, 2022 1:56 pm Source: https://www.wildlandfirefighter.com/2022/05/05/president-declares-disaster-in-new-mexico-wildfire-zone/ By CEDAR ATTANASIO and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Firefighters slowed the advance of the largest wildfire in the U.S. as heavy winds relented Wednesday, while President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration that brings new financial resources to remote stretches of New Mexico devastated by fire…
The Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon fire burning in Gallinas Canyon in New Mexico on Friday.
The Calf Canyon fire burning north of Las Vegas, N.M., near the San Miguel and Mora County line on Monday.
The Calf Canyon fire near Penasco Blanco, N.M., on Friday. Fires have burned dozens of homes in northern Arizona and put numerous New Mexico communities…
The McBride fire burning in the heart of the village in Ruidoso, N.M., on Tuesday.
June 22, 2021 11:12 am Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/06/22/arizona-feels-brunt-of-wildfire-activity-across-the-u-s-west/ More land has burned across Arizona so far to date The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office blocks off a U.S. Forest Service Road outside of Flagstaff, Ariz., on Monday, June 21, 2021. Dozens of wildfires were burning in hot, dry conditions across the U.S. West, including a blaze touched off by lightning…
