Mexico, April 14: Mexican authorities have sent warnings to Washington over two wildfires in one of its northern states that are raging near the Texas border.
Flames have spread over nearly 245,000 acres (99,000 hectares) of the northern state of Coahuila, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
The country has urged the US and Canada to help put out the fire, which is raging about 60 miles (100 kilometers) from the US border.
The fires broke out in late March, reportedly after a lightning strike. Strong winds helped spread the flames.
It is considered as Mexico’s worst forest fire in years, though it has reportedly left no casualties so far.
“It will be difficult for the remaining 18 days of April, and perhaps the first 15 days of May, after which we expect to get some rain,” Mexican Environment Secretary Juan Elvira Quesada said on Tuesday.
——-Agencies