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: 47%
Strategy: Full Suppression
Road Closures: None
Smoke: Light
Evacuations: None, all residents on “ready” status.
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 holding at 12% containment and remains at 96 acres. Crews continue to monitor lines and look for hot spots. Crews are also completing hose lays around the perimeter of the fire. Continued plans to for suppression and repairing all control lines will be conducted. We are retaining all resources on the scene at this time. A forest hydrologist will also be on-scene to assess any areas of high severity damage from this incident.
Night shift monitoring will no longer be conducted, however, crews will remain camped within ½ mile of the incident.
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