The Fire That Will Not Die by Michele McBride

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Foster Fire reassessed at 7,500 acres in the New Mexico bootheel.

Two of the largest wildfires in New Mexico history are burning right now.

Black Fire could soon become second largest blaze in New Mexico history.

Lightning strikes brought to the area by thunderstorms also may very well start new fires New Mexicans will have to deal with.īiden will travel to New Mexico following the Summit of the Americas held in Los Angeles from June 8-10. The state’s fire season is still underway and while the North American monsoon season technically begins in mid-June, New Mexico will likely not experience the precipitation that comes with it until later in the summer.Īs the rainy season approaches, officials are worried about flash flooding, landslides and destructive ash from burn scars, according to reporting from the Associated Press. Rather, fire crews have portions of the perimeters contained and under control. While containment percentages may be increasing, this does not mean that the fires are extinguished.

However, the Black Fire, in a mostly uninhabited part of the Gila National Forest, grew at an even faster rate than the Calf Canyon-Hermits Peak Fire. When this wildfire started, the northern New Mexico fire was already reaching historic acreage. The Black Fire started in mid-May due to human causes, though the specifics are still under investigation.

Lujan Grisham has been critical of the federal government, calling on the Biden Administration to take responsibility for initiating a natural disaster that has destroyed at least 330 homes and left a financial toll in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Strong winds caused the fire to jump containment lines and then grew exponentially. The Calf Canyon Fire was traced back to a pile burn holdover from January. The collective fire is burning 318,172 acres as of Tuesday and is still showing moderate fire behavior, though containment has increased to 65%. The Hermits Peak Fire started as the Las Dispensas prescribed burn in the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District. The Calf Canyon-Hermits Peak Fire started out as two separate fires and merged in mid-May.

The Fire That Will Not Die by Michele McBride