Southwest Area Incident Management Team TEAM 4 – AARON HULBURD – INCIDENT COMMANDER Light precipitation falls over the Indios Fire Acres: 11,500                                                                           Start Date: May 19, 2024 Location: 7 miles north of the village of Coyote, NM                 Personnel: 334 Completion: 86%                                                                     Fuels: Timber Highlights: The Indios Fire was relatively quiet yesterday as it […]

 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 […]

Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands Black Kettle Ranger District: ModerateKiowa and Rita Blanca Ranger District: ModerateMagdalena Ranger District: HIGHMount Taylor Ranger District: HIGHSandia Ranger District: HIGH (Rating Update)Mountainair Ranger District: HIGH The Fire Danger Rating is calculated by measuring the dryness of wood, grass and other combustible material, weather conditions and the terrain. The […]

Southwest Area Incident Management Team TEAM 4 – AARON HULBURD – INCIDENT COMMANDER Resources shift as repair activities continue Acres: 11,500                                                                           Start Date: May 19, 2024 Location: 7 miles north of the village of Coyote, NM                 Personnel: 415 Completion: 86%                                                                     Fuels: Timber Highlights: Completion remains at 86% today as crews continue repair and […]

  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 […]

Update: Today, response crews mopped up a whole chain — 66 feet of distance — along the perimeter of the El Macho fire, bringing the incident’s containment to 50%. No visible smokes are showing at this time, but there are still points of heat in the interior. Crews will continue suppression efforts over the coming […]

Operations Will Cross the Colorado-New Mexico Border Carson National Forest crews will assist on the project, which includes 192 acres on the New Mexico side of the state line. With favorable conditions in the forecast, Rio Grande National Forest fire crews have begun preparing for the 1,000-acre Bighorn/Stateline prescribed fire project located approximately six miles […]

Edit (3:20 p.m. 6/6/24): The start date of the fire has been updated to reflect the correct date. Update: The El Macho Fire was discovered at 2:06 p.m., Wednesday, June 5, 2024; it is located on private land eight miles north of Pecos, NM. Fuel types in the area include ponderosa pine and no structures are under […]

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.

Indios Fire acreage remains unchanged Daily Update – Thursday, June 6, 2024 Acres: 11,500                                                                           Start Date: May 19, 2024 Location: 7 miles north of the village of Coyote, NM                  Personnel: 478 Completion: 86%                                                                     Fuels: Timber Highlights: Completion has increased to 86% today as crews make more progress toward meeting the objectives for the […]

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 | […]

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Southwest Area Incident Management Team TEAM 4 – AARON HULBURD – INCIDENT COMMANDER As fire activity decreases, crews focus on repair Daily Update – Wednesday, June 5, 2024 Acres: 11,500                                                                          Start Date: May 19, 2024 Location: 7 miles north of the village of Coyote, NM Personnel: 564 Completion: 66%                                                                    Fuels: Timber Highlights: After continued efforts […]

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 […]

Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands The fire danger rating for the Mt Taylor and Mountainair Ranger Districts have been increased to HIGH. Black Kettle Ranger District: ModerateKiowa and Rita Blanca Ranger District: ModerateMagdalena Ranger District: HIGHMount Taylor Ranger District: HIGH (Rating Update)Sandia Ranger District: ModerateMountainair Ranger District: HIGH (Rating Update) The Fire Danger Rating […]

Southwest Area Incident Management Team TEAM 4 – AARON HULBURD – INCIDENT COMMANDER Indios Fire experiences no growth over last 24 hours Daily Update – Tuesday, June 4, 2024 Acres: 11,500 Start Date: May 19, 2024 Location: 7 miles north of the village of Coyote, NM Personnel: 594 Completion: 66% Fuels: Timber Highlights: The acreage […]

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 […]

Winds and warm temperatures test the Indios FireDaily Update – Monday, June 3, 2024 Acres: 11,500 Start Date: May 19, 2024Location: 7 miles north of the village of Coyote, NM Personnel: 689Completion: 59% Fuels: Timber Highlights: Increased winds and drier air caused the fire to spread through interior unburned pockets within the northern and southern […]