A 200-acre wildfire burning 2 1/2 miles southwest of Mayhill , N.M. , near Curtis Canyon
has prompted evacuations.
Fire officials asked residents in the immediate
vicinity of the blaze to evacuate Wednesday night. Officials said 20 homes are
in the path of the fire.
The fire was moving in a south-southwesterly
direction, away from the community of Mayhill. Firefighters said they've
been successful in keeping the fire from spreading south across Highway
130. They are focusing their efforts on the northern flank.
The fire was
named the Curtis Fire. Officials said it sparked about 3:30 p.m.
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