The state’s largest fire is being battled by firefighters in New Mexico.

To do their duties, firefighters from all around the country endured the harsh conditions.

On Monday, efforts were made to extinguish the nation’s largest active wildfire that was burning.

The United States Forest Service reports that the combined blazes at Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon in New Mexico are currently just 50 percent suppressed.

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More than 315,627 acres have been destroyed by the fire as of this moment, and more than 3,000 firefighters are working to contain it.

The Santa Fe National Forest and the United States Forest Service said on Tuesday that they will collaborate to lessen the number of community meetings that will be held as a result of the event.