Massive New Mexico blaze blamed on miscalculations, errors

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. >> U.S. Forest Service employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were in the Southwest, causing a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to explode into the largest blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history, the agency said Tuesday.

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