Officials say firefighters gaining ground on wildfire on Army firing range in New Mexico
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) — Officials say firefighters are gaining ground on a wildfire that's blackened more than 3,800 acres of an Army firing range along the New Mexico and Texas border.
A statement from Fort Bliss, Texas, on Thursday said more than 3,800 acres have been charred by flames within the Dona (DOHN'-yah) Ana Range since Monday. The statement says an air-and-ground attack has contained 30 percent of the wildfire.
The fire was ignited by a training exercise. The battle to contain the flames has been complicated by unexploded ordnance in the Fort Bliss firing range, which extends from El Paso into southern New Mexico.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The blaze is in New Mexico in the rugged Organ Mountains, about 12 miles east of Las Cruces, N.M.
No structures are threatened and no one has been injured.