#Latest news with #groundcrewsWashington Post26-05-2025ClimateWashington PostWildfire damages Civil War-area historical site in New Mexico as campgrounds are evacuatedSANTA FE, N.M. — Campgrounds and a horse ranch were evacuated Monday as wildfire swept through a Civil War-era historical site in southern New Mexico. Ground crews, air tankers and helicopters joined efforts to contain a blaze that damaged several buildings at the Fort Stanton Historical Site, authorities said. The wildfire scorched more than a half square mile (1.4 square kilometers) of terrain at the site and surrounding conservation lands managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management.
Washington Post26-05-2025ClimateWashington PostWildfire damages Civil War-area historical site in New Mexico as campgrounds are evacuatedSANTA FE, N.M. — Campgrounds and a horse ranch were evacuated Monday as wildfire swept through a Civil War-era historical site in southern New Mexico. Ground crews, air tankers and helicopters joined efforts to contain a blaze that damaged several buildings at the Fort Stanton Historical Site, authorities said. The wildfire scorched more than a half square mile (1.4 square kilometers) of terrain at the site and surrounding conservation lands managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management.