Efforts to battle fire in New Mexico aided by thunderstorms
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Firefighters battling New Mexico's largest fire were helped Monday by thunderstorms. The Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires have burned 299,565 acres.
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of the Hermits Peak wildfire, in Las Vegas, New Mexico, on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Satellite image copyright 2022 Maxar Technologies via AP) A haze of wildfire smoke hangs over the Upper Rio Grande valley behind the mesa-top city of Los Alamos, N.M., on Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee) A firefighter works on New Mexico's Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fires (Credit: U.S. Forest Service) A firefighter works on New Mexico's Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fires (Credit: U.S. Forest Service) This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the active fire lines of the Hermits Peak wildfire, in Las Vegas, New Mexico, on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Satellite image copyright 2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)
The fires were 26% contained and 2,094 personnel remained on the lines in the Sangre de Cristo mountain range south of Taos.