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A firefighter works an area along the northwest perimeter of a massive blaze in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico in this photo made on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, and released by the U.S. Forest Service Friday.

Deputy Incident Commander Pruett Small talks about the work firefighters have done to protect the community of Mogollon, N.M., during a briefing at base camp in Reserve, N.M., on Thursday, May 31, 2012.

Smoke from the Whitewater-Baldy fire rolls over ridges in the Gila Wilderness near Reserve, N.M., on May 31.

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This image provided by the U.S. Forest Service shows a May 29, 2012 photo, of the massive blaze in the Gila National Forest, seen from Neighbors Mountain directly east of Glenwood, N.M. Fire officials said Wednesday the wildfire has burned more than 265 square miles has become the largest fire in New Mexico history.

Gov. Susana Martinez with Pruett Small, deputy incident commander on the Whitewalter-Baldy Fire.

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RESERVE, N.M. - The Whitewater Baldy Complex Fire set an unpleasant record Wednesday as it passed last year's Las Conchas Fire as the largest recorded in New Mexico history.

The fire, which was measured at 170,272 acres on Wednesday morning, has grown more than 100,000 acres in a week and is still 0 percent contained.

More than 1,100 firefighters are battling the Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire, which is now burning at an estimated 152,000 acres .

A community meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 29, at 6:00 pm at the Glenwood Community Center.

The Whitewater-Baldy fire ballooned to a scorching 122,000 acres on Sunday, making it nearly the size of the Las Conchas fire.

Gov. Susana Martinez said today she has deployed 15 New Mexico National Guard soldiers to help secure areas around a wildfire in western New Mexico.

RESERVE, N.M. - The Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire has now grown to 122,388 acres and evacuations for two nearby communities are still in effect.

RESERVE, N.M. - An evacuation of the historic mining community of Mogollon has been ordered as the Whitewater Baldy Complex Fire continues to grow out of control.

Still uncontained on Thursday afternoon, the Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire was at more than 70,000 acres and growing.