{"id":81581,"date":"2024-06-19T21:09:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T21:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wildfires-trigger-mass-evacuations-state-of-emergency-in-new-mexico-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T21:09:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T21:09:21","slug":"wildfires-trigger-mass-evacuations-state-of-emergency-in-new-mexico-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wildfires-trigger-mass-evacuations-state-of-emergency-in-new-mexico-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfires trigger mass evacuations, state of emergency in New Mexico | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A state of emergency was declared Wednesday in part of New Mexico as forest fires spread rapidly over the span of a day.<\/p>\n

About 5,000 residents in and around the village of Ruidoso were forced to evacuate as two devastating wildfires in the South Fork and Salt areas, scorching a total area of over 20,000 acres, ABC news reported.<\/p>\n

State Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency in response to the wildfires, with both showing no signs of containment.<\/p>\n

Grisham disclosed that evacuation orders were issued for residents in the counties of Mescalero, Otero, and Lincoln.<\/p>\n

She further said that of the evacuated population, 500 sought refuge in 10 shelters and service centers across the affected areas.<\/p>\n

Read:Forest fires kill 51 in Chile, menace urban areas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, former World Central Kitchen (WCK) board member Robert Egger said on X that he had arrived in the city of Roswell in southeastern New Mexico, where preparations are underway to deliver initial meals to families affected by the fires.<\/p>\n

“Our team is mobilizing across the region and will provide immediate assistance as we identify pockets of need,” he said.<\/p>\n

The extent of the damage caused by the infernos remains uncertain.<\/p>\n

Separately, firefighters in California also battled high temperatures, low humidity and strong winds as they sought to contain a wildfire that started Saturday northwest of Los Angeles and has burned at least 12,000 acres.<\/p>\n

Firefighting efforts are being coordinated by 17 federal and state agencies, mobilizing a workforce of 800 personnel on the ground.<\/p>\n

Authorities have urged residents to remain vigilant and adhere to evacuation orders for their safety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A state of emergency was declared Wednesday in part of New Mexico as forest fires spread rapidly over the span of a day. About 5,000 residents in and around the village of Ruidoso were forced to evacuate as two devastating wildfires in the South Fork and Salt areas, scorching a total area of over 20,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/wildfire1718826072-0\/wildfire1718826072-0.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t