The  April 16 smoke report for the Diener Canyon Fire and the Bluewater Fire is available on Inciweb at the link below. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/NMCIF/2018-04-13-1036-Bluewater/picts/2018_04_16-12.28.42.975-CDT.pdf

Pre-evacuation notices for the residents of Bluewater Acres, Bluewater Village/Plano Colorado Estates and La Jara subdivisions have been lifted today. The evacuation center has been closed at Grants High School. Despite the notice being lifted, residents in these communities should continue to have a plan in place should another pre-evacuation notice be necessary. While future […]

There will be a community meeting about the Bluewater and Diener Canyon fires on Tuesday, April 17th at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium at the old county complex at 515 West High Street in Grants, NM.  Incident management team personnel and fire cooperators will provide an update on these two fires.

The Diener Canyon Fire (6,106 acres) is burning on Mount Sedgwick within the old fire scar from 2004. The Bluewater fire (2,532 acres) is located approximately 4 miles north of the Diener Canyon Fire on Salitre Mesa. On Saturday afternoon firefighters engaged in a successful firing operation on the west end of the Diener Canyon Fire, […]

April 14, 10:00 p.m. The Cibola National Forest has temporarily closed a portion of the Mt. Taylor Ranger District encompassing the Bluewater and Diener Canyon Fires.  The closure area includes all of the land contained within the following boundary:  beginning where Highway 612 ends and Forest Service Road (FSR) 178 begins, FSR 178 to the […]

The Type 1 Southwest Area Incident Management Team – Team 2 – led by Incident Commander John Pierson, assumed command of the Bluewater fire and Diener Canyon fire as of 6AM this morning. The Diener Canyon Fire is burning on Mount Sedgwick within the old fire scar from 2004. The Bluewater fire is located approximately 4 […]

Grants, NM – April 13, 2018: A combination of low temperatures, high humidity and light snow helped overnight as both the Diener Canyon and Bluewater Fires.  Both experienced little fire growth through the night.  Burnout operations on the Diener Canyon Fire were completed during the night from Post Office Flats to Ojo Redondo Campground on […]

Fire managers from the Mount Taylor Ranger District have ordered additional resources to help manage the Diener Canyon Fire, located in the Zuni Mountains approximately fifteen miles west of Grants and Milan.  The Redondo Prescribed Fire, ignited earlier this week, escaped its containment lines in today’s high winds.  As per Forest Service policy, and since […]

April 12, 2018 – Two new fire starts were reported on the Mount Taylor Ranger District of Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands earlier today.  The Bonito Fire is located in the Zuni Mountains, and the La Mosca Tank Fire is on Mount Taylor.  Both fires were quickly contained.  The cause of these fires is still being investigated.

Tijeras, NM, April 12, 2018 – The David Canyon Fire was controlled at around 4:00pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Crews will continue to patrol and monitor the fire area until it is declared out. The fire burned 15 acres. The cause has not been determined yet. Successful management of this fire was greatly aided […]

Albuquerque, NM, April 10, 2018 – Smoke impacts from the Redondo Prescribed Fire have been reported in the Prewitt and Baca communities and also along Interstate 40 in the Zuni Mountains between Grants and Gallup. Fire managers ignited 1,300 acres on the Redondo Prescribed Fire yesterday to reduce forest fuels, increase habitat diversity, and reduce […]