US wildfire: New Mexico ‘megafire’ could more than double in size – Official
SANTA FE (New Mexico, US), May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A drought-driven wildfire in northern New Mexico exploded into a “megafire” of 100,000 acres, or 157 square miles, on Saturday and could still more than double in size, a fire official said.
Fueled by ferocious spring winds in parched mountain forests, the Calf Canyon fire is by far the largest and most destructive currently burning in the United States.