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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 has fanned out across 647km2 of high alpine forest and grasslands at the southern tip of the Rocky ...

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.