Weather conditions described as potentially historic were on tap for New Mexico today and the next several days as over 1,400 firefighters and a fleet of airplanes and helicopters worked to bolster lines around the largest fire burning in the U.S.
Las Vegas was like a ghost town earlier in the week, with restaurants and grocery stores closed, schools closed or pivoting to remote-only options, and the tourist district empty but for resting firefighters.
The blaze, now a month old, has blackened more than 267 square miles — an area larger than the city of Chicago. Incident Commander Dave Bales said firefighters working in northeastern New Mexico have been focused on protecting homes and other structures that hold generations of sacred memories.
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