Daily Update – Sunday, July 14, 2024 Acres: 2,966                                                                             Start Date: 7/4/2024 Location: 19 miles east of Glenwood, NM                                Personnel: 345 Containment: 9%                                                                     Fuels: Timber, grass, understory Highlights: After several days of successful firefighting efforts on the western flank, containment has increased to 9% on the Ridge Fire. The fire is expected […]

Smoke is expected to be more visible today Carson National Forest fire crews are planning to begin firing operations on the 165-acre Yeso Fire today, ahead of significant precipitation forecasted this week. They will fire off roads to fill in a 600-acre predetermined area, which is largely surrounded by existing roads.  “This is our big day of […]

The Gila National Forest Wilderness, Reserve, and Glenwood Ranger Districts have issued a Closure Order for the Ridge Fire. Trails #141 (Cooper Trail), #151 (West Fork Trail), #157 (Middle Fork Trail), and #171 (Iron Creek Mesa Trail) are temporarily closed to the public. This Order shall be in effect from July 12, 2024 at 6:00am […]

QUEMADO, NM, July 13, 2024 – The Lolo Fire is 438 acres with 60% containment. The primary fire activity is concentrated on the northwest side where crews have been constructing hand line and will continue to scout and assess additional roads for future control lines. The southern perimeter is under patrol and monitor status as […]

ABQ Zone Incident Management Team – Media & Public Contact:2024.fisher@firenet.gov (575) 323 – 8053 July 13, 2024 Fisher Fire – Final Update by the ABQ Zone Incident Management Team https://linktr.ee/fisherfire24 Reported date / time: July 1, 2024 / 6:25 PMCause: Lightning StrikeSize: 8,043 acres.Fuels: Oak and ponderosa pine litter.Strategy: Confine and containContainment: 69%Fire Behavior: LowResources: 115 personnel Location: […]

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NM, July 13, 2024 – The Paramount Fire was reported July 12 near milepost 20, north of New Mexico Highway 59 on the Gila National Forest, Black Range Ranger District, about 19 miles west of Winston, New Mexico. Currently approximately 5 acres, the fire was ignited by lightning within the Indian Peaks […]

Daily Update – Saturday, July 13, 2024 Acres: 2,488                                                                           Start Date: 7/4/2024 Location: 19 miles east of Glenwood, NM                             Personnel: 312 Containment: 0%                                                                   Fuels: Timber, grass, understory Highlights: The Southwest Area Complex Incident Management Team 4 will host an open house tonight, on Saturday, July 13, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the […]

Carson National Forest and Rio Fernando Volunteer Fire Department fire crews tonight contained the Baca Fire, northeast of Valle Econdido, N.M., on the Camino Real Ranger District. The lightning-caused a spot fire burned two trees to the north of Highway 64. 

Carson National Forest fire crews are on scene of the Mestenas Canyon Fire, about 10 miles southwest of Dulce, N.M., on the Jicarilla Ranger District. It’s located about two miles north of Highway 64 in Mestenas Canyon. The lightning-caused fire is estimated to be 10 to 15 acres with no containment. Due to safety concerns, […]

Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) fire managers are managing wildfires in the Coyote, Jemez, and Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger Districts.  According to Richard Naden, Meteorologist for the Southwest Coordination Center (SWCC), “What is occurring recently is pretty much the summer monsoonal pattern. But it has been slightly drier the past few days with less wetting rainfall […]

Fire will play its natural role in the forest before crews contain it Carson National Forest fire managers will move forward with a strategy to indirectly suppress the naturally caused Yeso Fire. For fire crew safety, they plan to contain it primarily within existing roads. “After reviewing all the data, I believe this is the […]

ABQ Zone Incident Management Team – Media & Public Contact:2024.fisher@firenet.gov (575) 323 – 8053 July 12, 2024 Fisher Fire Update https://linktr.ee/fisherfire24 Reported date / time: July 1, 2024 / 6:25 PMCause: Lightning StrikeSize: 8,043 acres.Fuels: Oak and ponderosa pine litter.Strategy: Confine and contain   Containment: 61%Fire Behavior: LowResources: 111 personnel UPDATE: The Fisher fire is currently 8,043 acres. […]

Daily Update – Friday, July 12, 2024 Acres: 2,245                                                                           Start Date: 7/4/2024 Location: 19 miles east of Glenwood, NM                          Personnel: 290 Containment: 0%                                                                  Fuels: Timber, grass, understory Highlights: Fire activity was limited yesterday by increased moisture around the Ridge Fire area. Minimal fire activity is expected again today as relative humidity remains […]

QUEMADO, NM, July 11, 2024 – The Lolo Fire is 412 acres with 39% containment along the southern perimeter. Tasks for this area will include patrols and maintaining control features where crews have completed mop-up work which included mitigating hazards and hotspots along the fire boundary. Primary source of fire activity will be on the […]

ABQ Zone Incident Management Team – Media & Public Contact:2024.fisher@firenet.gov (575) 323 – 8053 July 11, 2024 Fisher Fire Update https://linktr.ee/fisherfire24 Reported date / time: July 1, 2024 / 6:25 PMCause: Lightning StrikeSize: 8,130 acres.Fuels: Oak and ponderosa pine litter.Strategy: Confine and containContainment: 52%Fire Behavior: LowResources: 131 personnel UPDATE: The Fisher fire is currently 8,130 acres. Yesterday the […]

Alamo Springs Wildfire located in Jemez Ranger District Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) fire managers were notified of a new wildfire start, named the Alamo Springs Wildfire, located in the Jemez Ranger District, west of State Highway 4 and north of Rincon Fishing Site on Forest Service land, the morning of Thursday July 11, 2024. […]

Southwest Area Complex Incident Management Team 4 assumes command of Ridge Fire Daily Update – Thursday, July 11, 2024 Acres: 2,245                                                                          Start Date: 7/4/2024 Location: 19 miles east of Glenwood, NM                          Personnel: 220 Containment: 0%                                                                  Fuels: Timber, grass, understory Highlights: The Southwest Area Complex Incident Management Team 4 assumed command of the […]

ABQ Zone Incident Management Team – Media & Public Contact:2024.fisher@firenet.gov (575) 323 – 8053 July 10, 2024 Fisher Fire Update https://linktr.ee/fisherfire24 Reported date / time: July 1, 2024 / 6:25 PMCause: Lightning StrikeSize: 8,130 acres.                     Fuels: Oak and ponderosa pine litter.Strategy: Confine and containContainment: 30%     Fire Behavior: Low to moderateResources: 130 personnel UPDATE: The Fisher fire is currently 8,130 […]

QUEMADO, NM, July 9, 2024 – The Lolo Fire transitioned to a type 3 incident management team on Monday and is estimated at 378 acres in the Quemado Ranger District. The fire is located between Escondido Mountain and the Continental Divide Trail, roughly 6 miles northeast of Quemado Lake. “Currently, there are no area closures […]

Carson National Forest fire crews are monitoring two lightning-caused fires to the south of Canjilon, N.M. The Yeso and Mesa del Medio fires are burning just outside the Canjilon Wildland Urban Interface Project, where the Forest Service, partners and landowners have been thinning and applying prescribed fire for over a decade.  The two fires are […]