NEW FIRE START: Upper Bear Canyon within Sandia Wilderness

Albuquerque, NM – June 7, 2023

New Fire Start Location:  Upper Bear Canyon within the Sandia Wilderness on the Cibola National Forest.

Start Date: June 7, 2023          Approx. Start Time: 1730       Size: .5 acres      

Cause:  Possible lightning strike.

Vegetation: Ponderosa Pine and mixed conifer.

Resources: Forest Service resources responding.

Strategy: Full suppression.

Smoke may be visible in the surrounding areas of the westside of the Sandias and Albuquerque.