New Mexico Wildfire Forces Residents To Leave Their Homes
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In this photo taken Thursday, May 31, 2018 and provided by Taosnews.com, officials confer as smoke rises from the Ute Park Fire in Ute Park, N.M. Evacuation centers have been set up in northeastern New Mexico as heavy smoke from a wildfire has forced residents from Cimarron and the surrounding areas to leave their homes. (Morgan Timms/Taosnews.com via AP)
The residents of Cimarron, New Mexico, have had to evacuate their homes due to a raging wildfire. Authorities say the fire started Thursday in an area hit hard by drought.
Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd gets an update from Sandra Lopez of the New Mexico Department of Forestry, who's on the ground at the scene.
