Disaster declaration due to New Mexico wildfires
5/5/2022 8:00:50 PM
CATEGORIES:
Fire
Relief, Response & Restrictions
AFFECTED AREAS:
Mora County, NM
San Miguel County, NM
Start Date: 5/5/2022
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President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration for the parts of New Mexico affected by intense wildfires since early April.
The largest wildfire in the U.S. is presently burning in northern New Mexico near Las Vegas, a town of 13,000 people, and has consumed 250 square miles of high alpine forest and grasslands and destroyed about 170 houses.
Associated Press News (New York), May 5, 2022
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