Escape from killer New Mexico wildfire was 'absolute sheer terror,’ woman says
SUMMARY
One witness of New Mexico's devastating wildfires describes the terror she felt as police outside her home shouted through a loudspeaker: “Go now, go now, go now!” Belinda Bukovitz, realizing the severity of the situation, quickly bundled her family and two cats into three cars and fled. The South Fork and Salt fires in south-central New Mexico forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed or damaged an estimated 1,400 structures, about half of them homes, according to Ruidoso Mayor Lynn Crawford. Bukovitz called the escape "absolute sheer terror" as she and others fled for their lives.
