Growing US wildfires ‘a very chaotic situation’, expert says

Damage is assessed at the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona (Northern Arizona Type 3 Incident Management Team, via AP)

Wildfires have burned dozens of homes in northern Arizona and are threatening several small villages in New Mexico as part of a “very chaotic situation” in the US south-west, according to an expert.

More than 1,600 firefighters are battling six blazes in New Mexico and three in Arizona that have consumed more than 100 square miles of timber and brush.