May 20, 2024 
Start Date / Time: May 20, 2024, approximately 3:45 p.m.
Cause: Unknown, Under Investigation
Size: 96 acres
Location: 4 miles east of Cloudcroft
Resources: Firefighters from US Forest Service, Volunteer Fire Departments, BLM, State, 2-dozer, 1 helicopter, additional aviation resources (as needed)
Types of vegetation in the area (aka fuels): Mixed Conifer
Containment: 12%
Strategy: Full Suppression
Road Closures: None
Smoke: Light
Evacuations: As of 8:00 p.m., mandatory evacuations have been reduced to “ready”, and Hwy 82 is scheduled to reopen.
READY: Being “Ready” for wildfire starts with maintaining an adequate defensible space around your home. Review the national READY, SET, GO evacuation statuses at tinyurl.com/NMForestryREADYSETGO.
For the latest updates on evacuations, please go to Tularosa Basin Regional Dispatch Authority: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091541917115
Update: The Moser Fire is at 12% contained this evening. All lines built yesterday are holding. Crews have built containment lines around the fire. Containment numbers are expected to increase as fire officials continue securing the fire’s perimeter.
Crews have also removed hazardous snags along HWY 82 to help secure the roads, and are continuing to monitor the area through the night.
Thank you to the local businesses for offering your support to the firefighters and evacuees.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LincolnNationalForest
NM Fire Info: http://www.NMFireInfo.com
InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/nmlnf-moser-fire-2024
You can expect another update tomorrow, May 22, 2024
A helicopter conducts water bucket drops on the Moser Fire, May 20, 2024.
Moser Fire, May 20, 2024.
NM Fire Info 
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