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| Above, Roswell, where fire crews are battling fires southeast of town. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Speaking of weather...
With dry and windy conditions in New Mexico, it is totally stupid to have prescribed burns which could spread out of control. They should have been cancelled.
According to the Durango Herald, such happened Thursday southeast of Roswell. They continue to burn.
ALBUQUERQUE – Warnings that strong winds and hot and dry weather could produce dangerous wildfires blanketed most of New Mexico on Saturday as crews continued to battle at least two blazes that started as prescribed burns but then got out of hand.
The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings and fire weather watches that extended into Monday evening for the entire state except for snow-covered areas in higher elevations.
In southeastern New Mexico, air tankers assisted crews from at least six agencies battling a fire that had burned 3 square miles of mostly grassland along the Pecos River southeast of Roswell as of late Friday and was contained around 50% of its perimeter, officials said in a statement.
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