The head of the U.S. Forest Service surveyed the burn scar being left behind by what has developed into the largest wildfire ...
in the nation. Tom Tidwell took an aerial tour of the blaze, which has scorched more than 400 square miles in N.M. (June 5)
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[Location - Date:ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO -- JUNE 5 -- AP VIDEO][Source:SOT -- TOM TIDWELL / US FOREST CHIEF --AP VIDEO --JUNE 5][VO:]"we're having another very active fire season...through the southern part of the country....we're going to have to deal with this for another four to six weeks.....get some of the summer rains and monsoon flow....and then as we look at the rest of the country....we expect to have a more active fire season than we did last year through the western states....starting colorado...utah...over to california....and up to southern oregon....with the warmest winter on record...it has set us up to have difficult conditions....approaching record dryness....we get a fire like we have with whitewater-baldy....even though our folks went in and tried to suppress it right from the start....because of field conditions....the weather...and difficulty of that terrain...they made right choice to pull out....get to ground they could safely work..."[Notes:SOT --TOM TIDWELL / US FOREST CHIEF]"we feel we have adequate resources for the fires we're dealing with...as we look forward...the plans we put in place....will provide the adequate aviation resources to be able to deal with this fire seaso(****END****) VIDEO PRODUCER: NED BARKER---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: AP VIDEO / KRQE NEWS 13 -----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: BOB MCCALL----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: EMBARGO ALBUQUERQUE ----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): COURTESY --------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: w2089BC-NM--New Mexico Wildfires, 2nd Ld-Writethru,730
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