Arizona, New Mexico and Texas continue to host huge wildfires as of Sunday. The high winds in these areas have not made it easy for firefighters to put out the quickly spreading fires, according to MSNBC.
Texas is being hit hard with thousands of acres being burned. Rae Brooks, a spokeswoman for the Texas Forest Service reported to MSNBC that The Dyer Mill Fire burned down approximately 30 homes, 80 miles northwest of Houston and scorched 3,600 acres. The Bearing fire, which began on Friday and became known quickly as one of the largest in east Texas history, burned approximately 14,000 acres on Sunday, according to Richard Reuse of the Texas Forest Service. In central Texas, the Green Cedar Fire in Kendall County, destroyed 7 mobile home.
In Arizona, the fires are not sparing residents, wildlife or the environment. The Monument Fire, which is near the Mexican border a few miles south of Sierra Vista, Arizona, is spreading, reported MSNBC, due to the high winds. It has destroyed over 40 homes and evacuated about 7,000 people from their homes. Fifty-mile per hour winds are spreading the fire in Hereford.
The Wallow Fire in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico continue since beginning on May 29. This fire has demolished 32 homes and burned through 511,000 acres of land, reported MSNBC.
New Mexico is being hit hard as well with a wildfire that continued destroying over 900 acres on Sunday near Santa Fe. According to Alberta Maez, a spokeswoman at the Pacheco Canyon Fire Information Center, and reported by MSNBC, firefighters were unable to build any lines of containment.
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