Lightning Is Blamed for Deadly New Mexico Fire

The South Fork fire and another one in the state left two people dead and destroyed 1,400 structures.

The burned remnants of a car sit in a parking lot with debris and a burned structure in the background.

A lightning strike caused the South Fork fire in southern New Mexico, one of two fires in the state.Credit…Andres Leighton/Associated Press

Lightning sparked the larger of the two wildfires that have scorched southern New Mexico, leaving at least two people dead, destroying 1,400 structures and ravaging more than 25,000 acres, the authorities said on Wednesday…

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