April 26, 2016 
“Pendleton Fire”
Jurisdiction: Lincoln National Forest, Sacramento Ranger District
Date/Time Detected: 4/25/16 1:50 pm
Location: Approximately 4 miles southwest of Weed, NM and 15 miles southeast of Cloudcroft, NM
Lat/Long: 32 deg, 46 min, 40.26 sec X 105 deg, 34 min, 59.51 min
Legal Description: T18S, R13E, Sec 2
Firefighting Resources: At this time, one US Forest Service engine has responded and firefighters are hiking into the fire.
Cause: Human-caused. Fire investigator has been ordered.
Values as risk: None identified at this time.
Status: Firefighting resources are responding to this new smoke report in the Perk/Agua Chiquita area. In the initial size up, the Incident Commander reported a “low” intensity fire that was putting up gray smoke in the old Scott Able burn area. A full suppression strategy is being implemented. At this time, the fire is estimated to be approximately one acre in size.
4/26/16 11:00 am FINAL FIRE UPDATE: The fire is now 100% contained. Final size 1 acre. THIS WILL BE THE LAST UPDATE UNLESS THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO REPORT.
PIO: Loretta Benavidez, llbenavidez@fs.fed.us 575-430-5546
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