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Southwest wildfires destroy buildings, force evacuations

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THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL VIA AP

The Calf Fire burns northwest of Las Vegas in San Miguel County Friday, April 22. Destructive Southwest fires have burned dozens of homes in northern Arizona and put numerous small villages in New Mexico in the path of danger.
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Maria Elena Valdez, left, a volunteer at a fire evacuation shelter in northeast New Mexico, helps Maggie Mulligan, center, and Brad Gombas walk and water nine of their dogs outside the shelter Friday, April 22, in Las Vegas, N.M. Mulligan and Gombas, of rural Ledoux fled their ranch but had to leave their horses behind and they're not sure when the can back.
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THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL VIA AP

San Miguel County Sheriff's Officers patrol N.M. 94 near Penasco Blanco, N.M. as the Calf Fire burns near by Friday, April 22.
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THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL VIA AP

Lukas Snart, of Cimarron, N.M., sits in his truck at a police road block on NM21 south of Cimarron, N.M. Friday, April 22. Police blocked the road that leads to the Philmont Scout Ranch because of the Cooks Peak Fire.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Plumes of smoke rise from a pair of growing wildfires in northeast New Mexico on Friday, April 22, outside Las Vegas, N.M. Southwest fires have burned dozens of homes in northern Arizona and put numerous small villages in New Mexico in the path of danger.
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THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL VIA AP

The Calf Fire burns near Penasco Blanco, N.M., in San Miguel County Friday, April 22.
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THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL VIA AP

Kylee Moberg tries to get through a road block on N.M. 94 to get to her friend and horses, Friday April 22.
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THE GAZETTE VIA AP

A firefighter knocks down flames trying to come up out of the ravine where a fire occurred on Friday, April 22, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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THE GAZETTE VIA AP

Firefighters work on hot spots in an area that burned trees across from a building under construction, Friday, April 22, in Colorado Springs, Colo. The fire occurred in a ravine across the road from a heavily populated area along Voyager Parkway, near houses, some still under construction.
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THE GAZETTE VIA AP

Fire still burns in one of the trees where a fire occurred on Friday, April 22, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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NORTHERN ARIZONA TYPE 3 INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM VIA AP

A member of the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management Phoenix Crew dig at burning roots as another crew member searches for smoke in Division Alpha of the Tunnel Fire while looking for hot spots, Thursday, April 21, near Flagstaff, Ariz.
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NORTHERN ARIZONA TYPE 3 INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM VIA AP

Resource Advisors from the Coconino National Forest record data in Division Alpha as they work to determine the severity of Tunnel Fires impact on the Forest, Thursday, April 21, near Flagstaff, Ariz. The San Francisco Peaks in background show the effects of the 2010 Schultz Fire.
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE VIA AP

The remains of a ranger's game camera are held after the Tunnel Fire burned near the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Arizona, Wednesday, April 20. Winds are expected to intensify through the end of the week as firefighters battle blazes across the Southwest.
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE VIA AP

Fallen trees smolder after a wildfire at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in Arizona, Wednesday, April 20.
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ARIZONA DAILY SUN VIA AP

A wind-driven wildfire burns at the edge of U.S. 89 on the outskirts of Flagstaff, Ariz., on Tuesday, April 19.

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