Arkansas first responder task force working Fourth of July week in New Mexico

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Instead of shooting fireworks from home, a team of firefighters from across Arkansas is spending Independence Day in New Mexico. Arkansas Task Force 1 arrived in Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Saturday, hours after water rose to eight or nine feet in some spots according to village officials. The flooding prompted nearly 80 swift water rescues in two days.

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