Updated May 8, 20223:01 PM ET
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/08/1097455610/new-mexico-residents-brace-for-extreme-wildfire-conditions
Smoke from the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire drifts over Las Vegas, N.M., on Saturday.
Robert Browman/The Albuquerque Journal via AP
LAS VEGAS, N.M. — After a few days of calm that allowed some families who had fled wildfires raging in northeast New Mexico to return to their homes, dangerous winds picked up again Sunday, threatening to spread spot fires and complicate work for firefighters.
More than 1,500 firefighters were on the fire lines at the biggest blaze east and northeast of Santa Fe, which grew another 8 square miles (20 square kilometers) overnight to an area more than twice as large as the city of Philadelphia.
A red-flag warning was in effect Sunday, kicking off what fire officials predicted would be another “historic, multi-day wind event that could result in extreme fire behavior.”
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