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Strong winds could push fire toward mountain town of Las Vegas
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLAS VEGAS, N.M. - Martina Gonzales and her grandson watched from their front yard as aircraft...
Wildfires raging across New Mexico
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 3—It's not just the massive fire complex threatening the town of Las Vegas, N.M. Fires are ripping through New Mexico forests and causing havoc all over the state. The Cooks Peak fire has ...
Authorities evacuate northern New Mexico towns as blaze grows
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLAS VEGAS, N.M. — Wind-whipped flames raced across more of New Mexico’s pine-covered mountainsides...
More New Mexico residents warned they may need to flee several fires
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLAS VEGAS, N.M. — Firefighters in New Mexico's Rocky Mountain foothills prepared Monday to excavate...
US wildfires - live: Evacuations ordered in Colorado Springs as homes destroyed in California
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA wildfire near Laguna Beach, California, has already destroyed 20 homes and will likely continue to...
On the line of fire, the battle for Las Vegas is intense
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 5—LAS VEGAS, N.M. — It's a battlefield, and N.M. 283 is the latest line of defense. The defenders of the west side of Las Vegas are armed with chain saws and setting up barriers with hand ...
Districts deal with closures, remote learning due to fires
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 12—Marvin MacAuley, superintendent of Mora Independent Schools, was aiding in the evacuation of a friend's home in Black Lake. West Las Vegas High School teacher Michele Varner was tending ...
Changing winds, expected to continue, bedevil firefighters near Las Vegas
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 3—A monstrous, wind-driven wildfire forced the evacuation of a psychiatric hospital and a jail in Las Vegas, N.M., and put more communities on edge as crews worked to halt its spread toward ...
Winds ripping through Northern New Mexico threaten more communities
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 9—Remorseless, unceasing winds — and the fires they enable — continue to keep much of Northern New Mexico on the edge. The Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fire and Cerro Pelado Fire continued ...
As blaze nears, Las Vegas residents begin to flee the flames
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 3—LAS VEGAS, N.M. — When the Walmart closes early in the day, you know trouble is coming. Trouble — in the form of a fire- and brimstone-colored cloud of smoke drifting over the hill. The ...
