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Hundreds of households in the historic New Mexico city : Las Vegas

Hundreds of families in the historic city of New Mexico, Las Vegas, were told to evacuate Monday as strong winds and drought pushed the largest veld fire in the United States near the city. more than half the area of ​​New York City, which winds through centuries-old settlements and mountain lodges 30 kilometers (48 miles) northeast of Santa Fe.

The blaze is the deadliest wildfire in the southwest temperatures in what scientists say has spread and arrived earlier this year due to climate change. police warnings to residents to leave the area.

David Lopez, 31, chose to stay and protect two of his family’s trailer homes, wetting the ground with a pipe and removing dead grass to create a fire. “That’s all I have – I’ve worked hard for you,” said the 31-year-old mechanic, who said he planned to run away when the flames reached a quarter of a mile away. In the afternoon the wind subsided, the fire subsided and people were evacuated to evacuate the town of 14,000 people.

Winds were predicted to move north on Tuesday, pushing fires towards the villages of Mora and Cleveland at the end of a 20-kilometer fire already already the third largest in New Mexico history. But on Wednesday the winds were expected to turn and blow the flames back to Las Vegas, a pattern that will last until Saturday.

“It’s a waiting game, we’re in the weather,” said San Miguel County Manager Joy Ansley. In the wake of the fire since April 6, a fire destroyed hundreds of homes and forced hundreds of homes to be evacuated. there have been no reports of deaths.

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