The blaze has razed 4 non-scientific structures and flames are near 1 telescope and another that's being built, officials say.
An undated image of a field of telescopes dotting the summit of Kitt Peak, on the Tohono Oodham First Nation reservation in Sells, Ariz. Photo: John Briley/For The Washington Post via Getty Images
Astrophysist David Schlegel, whose research group relies on Kitt Peak's Mayall Telescope, expressed concerns to the Sunday that officials could find more large-scale damage to equipment that may "pause the progression of cosmology for years to come."The wildfire that lightning ignited on June 11 has forced the prompted evacuations in Indigenous-populated areas and on Friday 40 people were forced to flee the observatory, per the NYT. The observatory remains closed.
While the observatory tweeted that it's received "encouraging reports" from fire officials about a diminishing threat to facilities and instruments that appeared to be intact, but damage assessments can't begin until it's safe to enter the area.six large blazes19 large fires are burning in Alaska, while there are four others in New Mexico, two in California and one in Texas, per the NIFC.
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