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Firefighters in New Mexico failed on Friday to pin back the flames of the United States’ largest wildfire, which is burning perilously close to a string of mountain villages.

that are more widespread and burning earlier than normal in the year due to climate change, scientists say.

High winds blew embers over a mile, spreading a wildfire that has scorched about 75,000 acres , or 117square miles , of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains since April 6, destroying hundreds of homes and structures. Winds were expected to blow from the south on Saturday, pushing the blaze towards villages such as Mora, as well as the city of Las Vegas, with a population of 14,000, fire officials said.

More than two decades of extreme drought have turned forested mountains and valleys into a tinderbox, said fire expert Stewart Turner.

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