Start Date / Time: October 28, 2024 Cause: Unknown, Under Investigation Size: 10 acres Location: 4 miles west of Alto, located in the Blue 2/South Fork fire burn scar area. Resources: Smokey Bear Hotshots, Bonito Fire Department, Ruidoso OEM, Lincoln County OES. Types of vegetation in the area (aka fuels): Grass, dead/down fuels Containment: 0% Strategy: Full Suppression […]

Acres: .10 Start Date:  June 12, 2024 Location:  Capitan Mountains, East Mountain Cause:  Lightning Containment: 0% Fuels: Single tree snag with brush understory Personnel: 1 Type-3 engine, 1 Type-6 Crews remain on-scene at the Mitt Fire, a lighting-strike fire on East Mountain (Capitan Mountains) on the Smokey Bear Ranger District, Lincoln National Forest.  The wildfire […]

Acres:  Unknown Start Date:  June 12, 2024 Location:  East Mountain, Smokey Bear Ranger District Cause:  Lightning Containment: 0% Fuels:  Being determined Personnel: Two engines, recon helicopter Two engines and a surveillance helicopter have been sent to assess and engage with a lighting-strike fire on East Mountain in the Smokey Bear Ranger District, Lincoln National Forest. […]

Source of Heat Identified and Mitigated for Firefighter Safety on the Blue 2 Fire Daily Update: June 12, 2024 Acres: 7,532                                                                                                     Start Date: May 16, 2024 Location: 8 miles North of Ruidoso, White Mountain Wilderness Area                Cause: Lightning Personnel: 118                                                                                                    Fuels: Timber/Grass/Brush Containment: 91%                                                                                               Resources: 1 Crew […]

Source of Heat Identified and Mitigated for Firefighter Safety on the Blue 2 Fire Daily Update: June 11, 2024 Acres: 7,532                                                                                                     Start Date: May 16, 2024 Location: 8 miles North of Ruidoso, White Mountain Wilderness Area                Cause: Lightning Personnel: 135                                                                                                    Fuels: Timber/Grass/Brush Containment: 88%                                                                                               Resources: 1 Crew […]

Firefighters and Heavy Equipment work to finish the remaining areas of the Blue 2 Fire Daily Update: June 10, 2024 Acres: 7,532                                                                                   Start Date: May 16, 2024 Location: 8 miles North of Ruidoso, White Mountain Wilderness Area                Cause: Lightning Personnel: 142                                                                                           Fuels: Timber/Grass/Brush Containment: 87%                                                                Resources: 1 crew […]

Pecos Zone Type 3 Team Takes Command Over The Blue 2 Fire Daily Update: June 9, 2024  Acres: 7,532 Start Date: May 16, 2024   Location: 8 miles North of Ruidoso, White Mountain Wilderness Area Cause: Lightning  Personnel: 212                   Fuels: Timber/Grass/Brush  Containment: 87%   Resources: 1 crew | 3 engines | 1 helicopter | 2 bulldozers | 1 water […]

 Transition To Type 3 Team As Fire Winds Down Daily Update: June 8, 2024  Acres: 7,532 Start Date: May 16, 2024   Location: 8 miles North of Ruidoso, White Mountain Wilderness Area Cause: Lightning  Personnel: 235                  Fuels: Timber/Grass/Brush  Containment: 87%   Resources: 2 crews | 11 engines | 2 helicopters | 2 bulldozers | 1 water […]

  Suppression repair nears completion          Daily Update: June 7, 2024  Acres: 7,532 Start Date: May 16, 2024   Location: 8 miles North of Ruidoso, White Mountain Wilderness Area Cause: Lightning  Personnel: 273                           Fuels: Timber/Grass/Brush  Containment: 87%   Resources: 4 crews | 12 engines | 2 helicopters | 2 bulldozers | 1 water tender | 3 […]

We will host a live community meeting on Facebook tonight at 7:30pm. We will take your questions from the chat and have fire officials available to answer them live. Please join us for this discussion about the current fire operations and post-fire recovery from the Blue 2 Fire.

Online community meeting planned for tonight         Daily Update: June 6, 2024 Acres: 7,532                                                                                                     Start Date: May 16, 2024 Location: 8 miles North of Ruidoso, White Mountain Wilderness Area               Cause: Lightning Personnel: 318                                                                                                   Fuels: Timber/Grass/Brush Containment: 83%                                                                               Resources: 4 crews | 12 engines | […]

Containment added, repair work continues         Daily Update: June 5, 2024 Acres: 7,532                                                                                                     Start Date: May 16, 2024 Location: 8 miles North of Ruidoso, White Mountain Wilderness Area               Cause: Lightning Personnel: 399                                                                                                   Fuels: Timber/Grass/Brush Containment: 77%                                                                               Resources: 5 crews | 14 engines | 2 helicopters […]

Acres: 7,495 Start Date: May 16, 2024   Location: 8 miles North of Ruidoso, White Mountain Wilderness Area               Cause: Lightning  Personnel: 489               Fuels: Timber/Grass/Brush  Containment: 69%   Resources: 8 crews | 14 engines | 6 helicopters | 3 bulldozers | 7 Water Tenders  Highlights: A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team is arriving today […]

Acres: 7,495 Start Date: May 16, 2024   Location: 8 miles North of Ruidoso, White Mountain Wilderness Area               Cause: Lightning  Personnel: 570               Fuels: Timber/Grass/Brush  Containment: 59%   Resources: 10 crews | 22 engines | 8 helicopters | 3 bulldozers | 7 Water Tenders  Highlights: After a coordinated effort between Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Office […]

Office of Emergency Services – Updated Status of Blue 2 Fire Evacuations, June 2, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Starting at 4:00 PM, June 2, 2024, crucial changes in evacuation levels will occur for the Blue 2 Fire. While the “Ready, Set, Go!” Evacuation Alerts are shifting, it remains of the utmost importance for citizens and […]

Fire Information Phone Number: 575-386-5077 (7 a.m. – 7 p.m.) Media Phone Number: 575-386-5108 (7 a.m. – 7 p.m.) Email: 2024.blue2@firenet.gov Acres: 7,457                                                                                                                                Start Date: May 16, 2024 Location: 8 miles North of Ruidoso, White Mountain Wilderness Area                              Cause: Lightning Personnel: 786                                                                                                                          Fuels: Timber/Grass/Brush […]

Fire Information Phone Number: 575-386-5077; open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Media Phone Number: 575-386-5108; open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Email: 2024.blue2@firenet.gov Acres: 7,457 Start Date: May 16, 2024   Location: 8 miles North of Ruidoso, White Mountain Wilderness Area               Cause: Lightning  Personnel: 802               Fuels: Timber/Grass/Brush  Containment: 14%   Resources: 17 crews | 32 engines | […]

Acres:7,457 Fire Information Phone Number: 575-386-5077; open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Media Phone Number: 575-386-5108; open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Email: 2024.blue2@firenet.gov Start Date: May 16, 2024   Location: 8 miles North of Ruidoso, White Mountain Wilderness Area Cause: Lightning  Personnel: 785               Fuels: Timber/Grass/Brush  Containment: 5%   Resources: 17 crews | 31 engines […]

Fire Information Phone Number: 575-386-5077; open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.   Media Phone Number:  575-386-5108; open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.  Email: 2024.blue2@firenet.gov  Acres: 7,455 Start Date: May 16, 2024   Location: White Mountain Wilderness approximately 8 miles North of Ruidoso Cause: Lightning  Personnel: 699 Fuels: Timber/Grass/Brush  Containment: 0%   Resources: 13 crews | […]

The Moser Fire is now 100 percent contained.