Firefighters rescue Cinder the elk calf from fire’s ashes

Firefighter Nate Sink cradles a newborn elk calf he encountered in a remote, fire-scarred area of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Mora, New Mexico (Nate Sink/AP)

Firefighters have rescued an abandoned newborn elk calf found amid the ashes of the US’s largest wildfire.

It comes as calving season approaches its peak in New Mexico and fires rage across the American west.