Smoke clouds drift from wildfires in New Mexico

Record ID: 1671009

  • Title: Smoke clouds drift from wildfires in New Mexico
  • Date: 2nd May 2022
  • Summary: LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES (MAY 2, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SMOKE CLOUDS RISING FROM WILDFIRE ROADSIDE WARNING SIGN READING (English): “Fire in progress. Smoke possible.” VARIOUS OF POLICE ENFORCING ROADBLOCK
  • Embargoed: 16th May 2022 22:43
  • Keywords: Las Vegas New Mexico wildfire
  • Location: LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES
  • City: LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,United States,Wildfires/Forest Fires
  • Reuters ID: LVA001533502052022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Smoke clouds drifted from wildfires blazing in northern New Mexico on Monday (May 2) as fierce winds and drought pushed the largest active wildfire in the United States closer the town of Las Vegas.
    Local police enforced roadblocks to keep people away from danger as hundreds of households were told to evacuate immediately on Monday.
    The blaze has scorched more than 121,000 acres (49,000 hectares), or more than half the area of New York City, tearing through centuries-old settlements and vacation homes in forested mountains 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Santa Fe.
    The fire is the most destructive of a dozen blazes in the Southwest that scientists say are more widespread and arriving earlier this year due to climate change.
    Burning since April 6, the fire has destroyed hundreds of properties and forced the evacuation of dozens of settlements in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, but there have been no reports of fatalities.
    (Production: Adria Malcolm, Gerardo Gomez)
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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