Giant New Mexico fire rages as drought-hit US West braces for summer
Firefighters in New Mexico battled a massive inferno that has been blazing for more than a month, raising concerns about the summer ahead in the drought-stricken western United States. The “Hermits Peak Fire” has burned 168,000 acres at the southern end of the Rocky Mountains, destroying 170 homes and forcing roughly 16,000 people to flee … Read more