Two mountain villages were told to evacuate in northern New Mexico on Sunday as strong winds pushed the largest active wildfire in the United States through centuries-old farming and ranching communities.
A firefighter works to combat the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon wildfire, near Las Vegas, New Mexico, U.S. May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin MohattTAOS, N.M., May 8 - Residents of Holman and Chacon got text messages around 2:30 p.m. telling them to "Go" as wind gusts of up to 60 mph sent embers flying out of forest into the Mora valley, residents and fire officials said.
The so-called Hermits Peak Calf Canyon fire is moving through forest that is overcrowded and congested with dead trees after a century of USFS policy to put fires out within hours and court injunctions on logging since the mid 1990s, according to forest biologist Joshua Sloan at New Mexico Highlands University.
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