Huge disaster extensive forest fires leave behind in southern New Mexico. Two people died in the forest fireswhich they turned into apocaides approximately 500 houses and caused the hasty evacuation of approximately 8,000 residents from the mountain community of Ruidoso.

Human remains, which have not yet been identified, were found in the driver’s seat of a charred car, New Mexico State Police said yesterday. The second victim was identified as Patrick Pearson, 60.

Michelle Luhan Grisham, the governor of New Mexico, told reporters that among the 1,400 buildings destroyed by the flames were about 500 homes. It is one of the most destructive wildfires in the state’s history.

Forested area about 85 miles southeast of Albuquerque, of New Mexico’s largest city, has suffered a series of fires recently, including one that claimed the lives of two people in 2022.

Ms. Luhan Grisham said yesterday that she asked President Joe Biden to declare the fire-prone area of ​​her state a major disaster. Two fires burned areas that exceed the 93 square kilometers north and south of Ruidoso.

New Mexico is facing a decades-long drought that has made wildfires much more destructive as they spread faster through dry vegetation. In 2022, this state had the largest fire in the continental US in history, turning into avalanches almost 1,400 square kilometers.

It is noted that after the fires there were heavy rains, increasing significantly the risk of flooding. New rains are expected in the next two days.