Photo gallery: Wildfires in the southwest
Fire season has started in drought laden parts of the Southwest, including most of Texas, half of New Mexico and the southeastern edge of Arizona.
New-Mexico-Wildfires
Miller Fire
Horseshoe 2 Fire
Horseshoe 2 Fire
Bull Fire
Arizona Wildfires
Texas Wildfires
Portal fire advances; research site at risk
PORTAL - About 300 people are working the fast-growing, human-caused Horseshoe 2 Fire near the hamlet of Portal in the Chiricahua Mountains, which had blackened more than 10,000 acres as of Tuesday afternoon. "We have no containment at this time," said Karen Takai, an information officer at the fire site.
Predictions of an early and vicious fire season are coming true, especially in a swath of the Southwest where extreme drought and a killing fr…
Firefighters ordered evacuation of the Southwestern Research Station and private homes near Cave Creek Canyon Sunday as the Horseshoe 2 Fire, …
The National Weather Service issued a red-flag warning for southeast
Arizona today, including the fire area 120 miles southwest of Tucson.
Wind gusts of up to 45 mph are predicted beginning at noon.
Fire crews worked today to extinguish the embers of a burnout, designed to save the Southwestern Research Station from the Horseshoe 2 Fire ad…