The 40-day wildfires in New Mexico on Monday became the largest in the history of the Southwest region as it forced the removal of a small glacier and villages in the drought-stricken mountains east of Santa Fe. they set fire to the area around Los Angeles, destroying hundreds of homes and other structures in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Residents of the Sipapu ski resort and communities 21 kilometers south of Taos have received warning to get out of their cell phones on Sunday as the flames spread to Pecos Wilderness.
The Hermits Peak Calf Canyon fire burned 298,060 hectares (121,000 hectares), surpassing the previous major fire, which burned Whitewater Baldy in 2012. It was 27% content, reports Santa Fe National Forest. The 45-kilometer (72-km-long) fire started on April 6 when the U.S. Forest Service fails to contain so-called controlled fires designed to prevent major wildfires. The fire then met another, the cause of which is still being investigated.
The fire destroyed areas of water and forests used for centuries in Indo-Hispano villages to build building materials, wood and irrigation. Smoke engulfed a Santa Fe stadium as a fire broke out within 20 miles (32 km) of 84,000 city, a large area. a tourist attraction, triggering the migration of some mountain communities on Sunday. Flames have rained down on fuel-filled forests after a century of firefighting and a ban on logging since the 1990’s, according to biologists. -The annual drought has caused trees to be killed by diseases and pests, they say.
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