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New Mexico wildfire prompts call for US disaster declaration

The remains of a burned RV are pictured following a wildfire near Las Vegas, N.M., on Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio) A Highland cow sniffs at a reporter at Zamora Ranch, a temporary shelter for animals displaced by wildfires outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico, on Monday, May 2, 2022. The cow is one of over 200 livestock taking refuge at the ranch. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio) A pair of deer are seen grazing by a burn scar following a wildfire near Las Vegas, New Mexico, on Monday, May 2, 2022. Wind-whipped flames are marching across more of New Mexico's tinder-dry mountainsides, forcing the evacuation of area residents and dozens of patients from the state's psychiatric hospital as firefighters scramble to keep new wildfires from growing. The big blaze burning near the community of Las Vegas has charred more than 217 square miles. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio) Carolina Sena, of Tierra Monte, comforts her pig Camp at Zamora Ranch, a temporary shelter for animals displaced by wildfires outside of Las Vegas, N.M., on Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)