April 16, 2018   10:30 AM Diener Canyon Fire Statistics                                 Bluewater Fire Statistics Start date:  April 12, 2018                                            Start date:  April 12, 2018                    Size:  6,682 acres  […]

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 Bureau of Land Management, in conjunction with the Cibola National Forest, is temporarily closing public lands in Cibola County within the area of the Bluewater Fire to all unauthorized entry, effective immediately. This closure will remain in effect until the Bluewater Fire is declared controlled. This closure affects public lands within the Bluewater Creek […]

The 246 Fire, burning east of Highway 246 in Capitan, is 50% contained and estimated at 3,360 acres. A total of 16 structures have been lost to the fire including two (2) primary residences.  A community meeting is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Sunday (04/15) at the Capitan Volunteer Fire Department.  Evacuations and road closures were […]

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 […]

246 Fire: Evacuations and road closures for this fire in Capitan were lifted this morning (04/14).  A community meeting is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. this Sunday (04/15) at the Capitan Volunteer Fire Department.  This fire is burning east of Highway 246 in Capitan. It’s currently estimated at 3,360 acres.  Two (2) residences and four outbuildings […]

Bluewater Fire – Dozer lines are being built around the fire to keep it on Salitre Mesa.  Crews are providing structural protection in the Bluewater Subdivision.  A pre-evacuation notice has been issued in the subdivision.  Bluewater State Park is closed.  The Diener Canyon Fire is burning on Mount Sedgwick near an old fire scar from […]

246 Fire: This fire, burning east of Highway 246 in Capitan, NM, is currently estimated at 2,600 acres.  Two (2) residences and four outbuildings have been lost.  A total of 20 structures are threatened near Edna Road and County Road 6.   The Lincoln County Sheriff has opened a Red Cross Evacuation Center at Trinity Church. […]

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 […]

Grants, NM – April 12, 2018: 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. This fire is approximately 1000 acres with no containment. The Bluewater Fire is also approximately 1000 acres with […]

The State Forestry Division and multiple interagency partners are working to suppress two wildfires threatening homes in southeast New Mexico. The “246 Fire” is burning east of Highway 246 and has forced the evacuation of at least seven (7) homes on Edna Road in Capitan, NM.  The fire is being pushed by strong wind gusts. […]

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 […]