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New Mexico fires prompt forest closures, governor seeks aid

Standing in the burned out wreckage of his barn on May 12, 2022, John Martinez of Las Vegas, who has a 16-acre spread in Manuelitas, N.H., talks about the capricious fire that left his house untouched but destroyed a $3,000 roping horse just hours after he and his wife evacuated. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP) A chinook helicopter draws water from a pond along Highway 434 to drop on a nearby ridge as firefighters from all over the country converge on Northern New Mexico to battle the Hermit's Peak and Calf Canyon fires on May 13, 2022. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP) Firefighter Vadix Armendarez looks for hot spots along State Highway 434 north of Mora after a late night on the line as firefighters from all over the country converge on Northern New Mexico to battle the Hermit's Peak and Calf Canyon fires on May 13, 2022. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP) Residents of Gallinas Canyon northwest of Las Vegas put out a sign thanking firefighters for saving their homes as firefighters from all over the country converge on Northern New Mexico to battle the Hermit's Peak and Calf Canyon fires on May 12, 2022. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP) Firefighters with Structure Group 4 hook up hoses to a sprinkler system to protect homes in the Loma Linda neighborhood off highway 518 north of the Taos County line as firefighters from all over the country converge on Northern New Mexico to battle the Hermit's Peak and Calf Canyon fires on May 13, 2022. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP) Firefighter Ryan Le Baron with the Elk Creek fire department out of Colorado watches the fire blaze across a ridgeline near the Taos County line as firefighters from all over the country converge on Northern New Mexico to battle the Hermit's Peak and Calf Canyon fire on May 13, 2022. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP) Fire rages along a ridgeline east of highway 518 near the Taos County line as firefighters from all over the country converge on Northern New Mexico to battle the Hermit's Peak and Calf Canyon fires on May 13, 2022. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP) Ron Thalacker, a 70-year-old firefighter from Carlsbad, N.M., looks for hot spots along State Highway 434 north of Mora after a late night on the line as firefighters from all over the country converge on Northern New Mexico to battle the Hermit's Peak and Calf Canyon fires on May 13, 2022. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP) Firefighters with Structure Group 4 clear brush and debris away from cabins along Highway 518 near the Taos County line in New Mexico, May 13, 2022, while fire rages over the nearby ridge. (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP)