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 […]

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in New Mexico is soliciting applications to transferthree excess Type 6 fire engines, equipment, and supplies to local fire departments to enhancetheir wildland firefighting capabilities. The deadline has been extended until July 29, 2024. See BLM district contacts below for submittal or more information.Under BLM’s Rural Fire Readiness (RFR) […]

MIMBRES, NM, July 9, 2024 – The Ridge Fire is approximately 1,100 acres burning in the Gila National Forest, Wilderness Ranger District. One to two-foot flames lengths were observed yesterday as the fire burns in an old fire scar, moving through grass, needle cast, and dead and downed logs. Crews began assessing private residences as […]

ABQ Zone Incident Management Team – Media & Public Contact:2024.fisher@firenet.gov (575) 323 – 8053 July 9, 2024 Fisher Fire Update Reported date / time: July 1, 2024 / 6:25 PMCause: Lightning StrikeSize: 7,701 acres.                     Fuels: Oak and ponderosa pine litter.Strategy: Confine and containContainment: 0%       Fire Behavior: Low to moderateResources: 126 personnel UPDATE: The Fisher fire is currently 7,701 acres. […]

ABQ Zone Incident Management Team – Media & Public Contact:2024.fisher@firenet.gov (575) 323 – 8053 July 8, 2024 Fisher Fire Update Reported date / time: July 1, 2024 / 1825Cause: Lightning StrikeSize: 7,211 acres.Fuels: Oak and ponderosa pine litter.Strategy: Confine and containContainment: 0%Fire Behavior: Low to moderateResources: 107 Personnel, 11 Other Resources UPDATE: The Fisher fire is currently 7,211 […]

ABQ Zone Incident Management Team – Media & Public Contact:2024.fisher@firenet.gov (575) 323 – 8053 July 7, 2024 Fisher Fire UpdateReported date / time: July 1, 2024 / 1825Cause: Lightning StrikeSize: 2,500 acres.                     Fuels: Oak and ponderosa pine litter.Strategy: Confine and containContainment: 0%Fire Behavior: Low to moderate UPDATE: The Fisher fire is currently 2,500 acres. Yesterday’s […]

ALBUQUERQUE, NM, July 5, 2024 – The lightning-caused Fisher Fire reported on July 1 by the Mt Withington Lookout Tower within the northwest San Mateo Mountains on the Magdalena Ranger District will use a confine and contain strategy within a designated area to reduce fuel loads and promote healthier landscapes. Reported date / time: July […]