September 4, 2026 
Increased monsoonal weather brings rain
Daily Update for September 4, 2026
Fire Information Phone: (505) 407-5343 (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.)
Media Information Phone: (505) 230-5386 (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.)
Acres: 15,483
Start Date: August 4, 2026
Location: Three miles east of Cundiyo, NM
Cause: Lightning
Personnel: 390
Fuels: Timber and Brush
Containment: 62%
Latest Update: Increased monsoonal moisture is expected throughout the area beginning Friday which is expected to continue through the middle of next week.
Daily updates will decrease to every other day throughout the duration of the incident unless significant events warrant.
Ongoing & Planned Operations: As conditions allow, personnel will continue mitigation and repair operations along the northeastern flank of the fire. Patrols continue in several areas with possible minimal smoke visible in the eastern flank. Steep, rugged terrain and limited access remain key factors in how firefighters safely engage this portion of the fire.
Air Quality & Smoke: Smoke will be less noticeable today due to decreasing fire activity as cloud cover moves in. Smoke impacts will be confined to the immediate vicinity of the fire. Nambe and Mora will have good air quality with periods of moderate from sources of smoke other than the Frijoles Fire. Espanola and Santa Fe will have good air quality all day. More information: https://outlooks.airfire.org/outlook.
Weather: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon on Friday. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Evacuations & Closures: No evacuations are in place in Santa Fe or Rio Arriba counties for the Frijoles Fire. Residents should remain prepared and continue monitoring official updates, as the fire remains active and conditions may change.
A temporary forest area closure remains in effect on the Santa Fe National Forest, including the Pecos Wilderness area in the Espanola Ranger District. Additionally, there is a Temporary Road Closure Order affecting FR 306, from the intersection of FR 440 and FR 306, west to the Forest Boundary and FR 306. Detailed closure information is available at https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-closures/nmsnf-frijoles-fire.
More Information: The Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) in place over Frijoles Fire area. Unauthorized drone use can impede firefighting operations and presents a risk to firefighter safety. If you fly, we can’t. More information is available at https://tfr.faa.gov/.
InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/nmsnf-frijoles-fire
Frijoles Fire Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FrijolesFire
Email: 2026.frijoles@firenet.gov
NM Fire Info 
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