SANTA FE \u2013 A wildland firefighter was critically injured while fighting a wildfire on private land in southwestern New Mexico near the U.S.-Mexico border, state officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The firefighter works for the U.S. Forest Service and was injured Monday while fighting a fire in the Animas Mountains in Hidalgo County, the Forestry Division of the state Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The firefighter’s identity wasn\u2019t released.<\/p>\n
Division spokeswoman Wendy Mason said during a telephone interview that the firefighter is a member of an elite hotshots crew but that information about how the firefighter was injured wasn\u2019t immediately available.<\/p>\n
The firefighter was in critical condition Tuesday at a hospital in El Paso, Texas, according to the statement.<\/p>\n
The fire had burned 350 acres in rugged terrain along the Continental Divide and its case was under investigation, the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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