Fire season fears loom across New Mexico as drought conditions deepen

Gov't warns of wildfire risks on forecast of strong wind

SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- The government on Monday warned that a forecast of strong wind ...

Fire season fears loom across New Mexico as drought conditions deepen

Fears linger about fire risk in northern New Mexico three years after the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.

So far this year, 166 reports of wildfires have been made, compared to 211 reports in the entire previous year. Read it on Telegraaf.nl

April remains bone-dry – and May could also become a disappointment. Weather experts sound the alarm: the drought is dramatically intensifying.

In the first week of April alone, the fire brigade received 43 reports of forest fires.

The sight of field burning and pale blue smoke rising in the autumn and winter is surely a nostalgic mental image for older people. When I was a child, the taste of roasted sweet potatoes cooked over fallen leaves was something special. Nowadays, if you light a bonfire in a densely populated area such as a residential area in a city, the police or fire department may be called. Ofunato