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New Mexico wildfire sparked by fatal medical plane crash spreads quickly in rural area
- May 19, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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A fast-growing wildfire sparked by the fatal crash of a small medical plane outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, has triggered evacuations for a rural area north of the Capitan Mountains and closures in the Lincoln National Forest, officials said Monday.
Originally published at Phys.org