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Firefighters slowed the advance of a massive fire near Las Vegas, New Mexico as heavy winds relented.

It comes as firefighters slowed the advance of the largest wildfire in the US as heavy winds relented.

Firefighters on Wednesday slowed the advance of the largest wildfire in the US as heavy winds relented, while US President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration that brings new financial resources to remote stretches of New Mexico devastated by fire since early last month. US Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez announced the presidential disaster declaration during an evening briefing by the US Forest Service about efforts to contain the sprawling wildfire in northeastern New Mexico, which...

Firefighters slowed the advance of the largest wildfire in the U.S. as heavy winds relented Wednesday, while President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration that brings new financial resources to remote stretches of New Mexico devastated by fire since early April. U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez announced the presidential disaster declaration during an evening briefing…

Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for about 15,500 homes near the mountains that border Las Vegas.

President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration that brings financial resources to remote areas of New Mexico devastated by fire since early April.

New Mexico's governor on Tuesday asked President Joe Biden to declare a disaster as firefighters scrambled to clear brush, build fire lines and spray water to keep the largest blaze burning in the U.S. from destroying more homes in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

Residents of the small northeast New Mexico town have been watching aircraft disappear into a giant plume of smoke to fight a growing wildfire that has burned...

LAS VEGAS, N.M. — New Mexico's governor on Tuesday asked President Joe Biden to declare a disaster as firefighters scrambled to clear brush, build fire lines and spray water to keep the largest blaze burning in the U.S. from destroying more homes in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. During a

Authorities in north-eastern New Mexico said the flames were a couple of miles from Las Vegas.