6,000 evacuated as New Mexico fights largest wildfire in US

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico: As firefighters scrambled to keep the largest blaze burning in the U.S. from destroying more homes in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham asked President Joe Biden to declare a federal disaster.

During a briefing on the fire burning across the state's northeast, Lujan Grisham, a first-term Democrat who is running for re-election, signed a requ