Fire Growing Like Crazy

Damn hard to stop:

The Whitewater Fire has merged with the Baldy Fire and is now renamed the Whitewater-Baldy Complex. The fire has crossed the Gila Wilderness Boundary and burned into the Willow Creek Subdivision and the Gila National Forest. It has also crossed State Road 159 at Silver Creek Divide and burning toward or into Mineral Creek. ... The Whitewater-Baldy Complex is now 70,578 acres. It continues to burn in steep, rugged terrain of mixed conifer forest being driven by strong winds. The fire remains at 0% containment as firefighters are unable to directly suppress the fire due to extreme fire behavior and rough terrain. This extreme fire behavior has created large amounts of smoke which was visible in many communities in southeast New Mexico as well as some in eastern Arizona. We are under Red Flag Warnings today which will continue through Saturday. A voluntary-evacuation of the town of Mogollon is now in effect. The fire did reach the Willow Creek Subdivision and is burning on both sides of the creek. Twelve homes and seven small outbuildings were confirmed destroyed late yesterday afternoon and additional structure damage assessment continues today.