Wind is wild card in fires burning in New Mexico

Reddened by wildfire smoke, the sun is seen reflected off windows at the train station in Las Vegas, New Mexico (Cedar Attanasio/AP)

Schoolchildren in a northern New Mexico community once threatened by wildfire are expected to resume in-person classes while residents on the fire’s northern edges remain under evacuation orders.

The West Las Vegas School District said exceptions would be made for pupils still displaced by the largest wildfire burning in the US and those whose health has been affected by the smoke.