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Students, faculty back at college after wildfire evacuation

  LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Approximately 300 students and faculty of a small private college in northern New Mexico returned to campus Saturday as firefighters worked to mop up and fully contain a wildfire that prompted a precautionary evacuation. There was no formal evacuation order but United World College USA officials decided Friday to evacuate the campus as a precaution. Those evacuated spent the night in a recreation center in nearby Las Vegas. No structures burned and no injuries were reported. The fire burned 30 acres of timber and brush and was contained around 10% of its perimeter as of Saturday.