A wildfire near New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness, has now grown to 85,000 acres (more than 130 square mile) and caused weekend air-quality warnings as far as Albuquerque And Santa Fe. The Huffington Post reports that over 500 firefighters are battling the blaze, which is the result of two lightning-sparked fires merging earlier this week. Fire [...] New Mexico Wildfire Burns More Than 130 Sq
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Russell Contreras of the Associated Press reports on the New Mexico Wildfire that’s already burned about 300 square miles. The report can be found in the post entitled “New Mexico Wildfire 2012: Gila Forest Fire Grows To Nearly 300 ... Read Post
Hundreds of people were evacuated in Arizona on Tuesday after a wind-whipped wildfire spread across 5,000 acres in just seven hours. More than 300 firefighters, along with multiple helicopters and aircraft, moved in to tackle the “e... Read Post
An unattended campfire caused wildfire to spread over two miles at a campsite near the Yosemite National Park, California; the camping disaster took place Sunday night, and caused a wide scale evacuation of 1,500 people from nearby ... Read Post