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Growing Wildfire Extends To 2 More States Including Colorado

NEAR CLAYTON, N.M. (CBS4) - A fire has burned more than 23,000 acres in northern New Mexico; more than 9,000 acres of that total so far has crossed over into Colorado.

Stateline Fire 8 (Union County NM FB)
Stateline Fire (credit: Union County, N.M. Facebook Page)

Officials say the Stateline Fire burning in Union County, New Mexico is about 40 percent contained.

Stateline Fire 6 (Union County NM FB)
Stateline Fire (credit: Union County, N.M. Facebook Page)

They say an unoccupied home on the southeast side of the fire burned, but also say no structures are threatened right now.

Stateline Fire 5 (Union County NM FB)
Stateline Fire (credit: Union County, N.M. Facebook Page)

The fire started Thursday morning. It has also crossed over into Oklahoma.

Stateline Fire 2 (Union County NM FB)
Stateline Fire (credit: Union County, N.M. Facebook Page)

The National Weather Service station in Pueblo offered an image of the burn scar.

Stateline Fire 1 (satellite photo from NWS Pueblo)
Burn scar from the Stateline Fire burning in northern New Mexico. (credit: NWS Pueblo)

More than 100 personnel from several agencies have responded.

Wildfire Resources

– Visit CBSDenver.com's Living With Wildfire section.

Wildfire Photo Galleries

– See images from the most destructive wildfires (Black ForestWaldo CanyonHigh Park and Fourmile), the deadliest (Storm King) and largest wildfire (Hayman) in Colorado history.

LINK: New Mexico Fire Information Page

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