It wouldn't have mattered. As is usual in the spring in New Mexico, high winds whipped the controlled burn out of control before anyone would have been able to do anything to stop it. The real tragedy is the winds were a known, forecasted factor but the USFS ignored the latest forecast. Even though they claim they had better information than our local weatherman did.
I guess "watching the fire spread" is not the same as "putting the fire out."
Reminds me of the Canadian judge who said "access to a waiting list is not the same as access to health care."
Forest service is a bunch of paper pushers.
It takes a lot of paper pushing to justify prescribed burn.
So when they get the final approval, they will go for it, even if the weather turns bad.
Simple as that!