Forever Fire Season

Spring winds whip up blazes in New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado

“Sadly, Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument has burned in its entirety.”

That was the April 20 Facebook message from officials at the northern Arizona national monument. The Tunnel Fire, sparked northeast of Flagstaff on April 18, raced with terrifying speed through grass, brush, and ponderosa pines in the monument and the surroundings, growing to m…