Moser Fire Afternoon Update

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.