Strategic firing operations strengthen planned containment lines on Laguna Fire Acres: 16,934 Start Date: 06/25/2025 Location: Gallina, NM Cause: Lightning Personnel: 297 Fuels: Oak brush, Piñon-juniper, and mixed conifer Containment: 55% Resources: 2 crews | 9 engines | 4 helicopters | 2 unmanned aircraft system | 2 water tenders | 2 dozer | 3 ambulance […]
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Laguna Wildfire Daily Update – July 22, 2025
July 22, 2025 
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Aerial operations support full suppression efforts, increasing smoke in the area. Acres: 16,835 Start Date: 06/25/2025 Location: Gallina, NM Cause: Lightning Personnel: 320 Fuels: Oak brush, Piñon-juniper, and mixed conifer Containment: 55% Resources: 2 crews | 14 engines | 4 helicopters | 2 unmanned aircraft system | 2 water tenders | 2 dozer | […]
Continue reading Laguna Wildfire Daily Update – July 21, 2025
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Planned fire operations may increase smoke in the area. Acres: 16,713 Start Date: 06/25/2025 Location: Gallina, NM Cause: Lightning Personnel: 325 Fuels: Oak brush, Piñon-juniper, and mixed conifer Containment: 55% Resources: 2 crews | 14 engines | 4 helicopters | 2 unmanned aircraft system | 5 water tenders | 2 dozer | 3 ambulance […]
Continue reading Laguna Wildfire Daily Update July 20, 2025
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Increased smoke can be expected in the coming days as firefighters work to contain the fire. Acres: 16,713 Start Date: 06/25/2025 Location: Gallina, NM Cause: Lightning Personnel: 315 Fuels: Oak brush, Piñon-juniper, and mixed conifer Containment: 55% Resources: 2 crews | 14 engines | 4 helicopters | 2 unmanned aircraft system | 5 water […]
Continue reading Laguna Wildfire Daily Update – July 19, 2025
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Smoke production is expected to increase this weekend. Acres: 16,004Start Date: 06/25/2025Containment: 47%Location: Gallina, NMCause: LightningPersonnel: 298Fuels: Oak brush, Piñon-juniper, and mixed coniferResources: 2 crews | 12 engines | 3 helicopters | 1 unmanned aircraft system | 4 water tenders | 2 dozer | 4 ambulance Highlights: Crews continue full suppression with strategic ignitions. Surrounding communities may experience and increase in smoke production […]
Continue reading Laguna Wildfire Daily Update – July 18, 2025
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Acres: 16,004Start Date: 06/25/2025Containment: 44%Location: Gallina, NMCause: LightningPersonnel: 324Fuels: Oak brush, Piñon-juniper, and mixed coniferResources: 3 crews | 12 engines | 3 helicopters | 1 unmanned aircraft system | 3 water tenders | 2 dozer | 4 ambulance Highlights: Crews continue to prep and improve defensible space around cultural structures. Rain, heavy in some areas, […]
Continue reading Laguna Wildfire Daily Update – July 17, 2025
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Southwest Area Incident Management Team 1 – Daily Update for July 16th, 2025 Acres: 15,714Start Date: 06/25/2025Containment: 44%Location: 4 miles northeast of Gallina, NMCause: LightningPersonnel: 286Fuels: Oak brush, Piñon-juniper, and mixed coniferResources: 4 crews | 9 engines | 3 helicopters | 1 unmanned aircraft system | 3 water tenders | 2 dozer | 4 ambulances […]
Continue reading Laguna Wildfire Daily Update – July 16, 2025
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Southwest Area Incident Management Team 1 – Daily Update for July 16th, 2025 Acres: 15,714Start Date: 06/25/2025Containment: 40%Location: 4 miles northeast of Gallina, NMCause: LightningPersonnel: 291Fuels: Oak brush, Piñon-juniper, and mixed coniferResources: 5 crews | 8 engines | 4 helicopters | 1 unmanned aircraft system | 3 water tenders | 2 dozer | 4 ambulances […]
Continue readingFINAL UPDATE Indios Fire 06/17/2024
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Acres: 11,500 Start Date: May 19, 2024 Location: 7 miles north of the village of Coyote, NM Personnel: 97 Completion: 90% Fuels: Timber Highlights: This will be the final update for the Indios Fire unless something significant occurs. The Type 3 Northern New Mexico Incident Management Team will turn command of the fire to the […]
Continue readingIndios Fire Daily Update 06/15/2024
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Acres: 11,500 Start Date: May 19, 2024 Location: 7 miles north of the village of Coyote, NM Personnel: 108 Completion: 90% Fuels: Timber Highlights: Thunderstorms and the associated rain and wind hampered Friday’s suppression repair operations. Crews came off the mountain early due to safety issues associated with lightning. However, the moisture helped cool areas […]
Continue readingIndios Fire Daily Update 06/13/2024
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Acres: 11,500 Start Date: May 19, 2024 Location: 7 miles north of the village of Coyote, NM Personnel: 116 Completion: 86% Fuels: Timber Highlights: A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team is assessing the burn severity of the fire. BAER teams are staffed by specially trained professionals: hydrologists, soil scientists, engineers, biologists, vegetation specialists, archeologists, […]
Continue readingIndios Fire Daily Update 06/11/2024
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Daily Update – Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Acres: 11,500 Start Date: May 19, 2024 Location: 7 miles north of the village of Coyote, NM Personnel: 186 Completion: 86% Fuels: Timber Highlights: The Northern New Mexico Type 3 Incident Management team, led by Incident Commander Luke McLarty, took command of the Indios Fire on Monday, June […]
Continue readingIndios Fire Update, May 24, 2024
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Acres: 1809 Start Date: 5/19/2024 Location: 7 miles north of the village of Coyote, N.M. Personnel: 133 Containment: 0% Fuels: Timber, litter, understory Resources: 5 crews | 1 helicopter | 5 engines| 1 road grader | 2 masticators | 1 water tender Highlights: Closure Order 03-10-01-24-02 is in place and includes all National Forest […]
Continue reading Indios Fire Update, May 23, 2024
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Acres: 851 Start Date: 5/19/2024 Location: 7 miles north of the village of Coyote, N.M. Personnel: 127 Containment: 0% Fuels: Timber, litter, understory Resources: 3 crews | 1 helicopter | 5 engines| 1 road grader | 2 masticators Highlights: The Northern New Mexico Type 3 team, Incident Commander Luke McLarty, assumed command of the […]
Continue reading Santa Fe National Forest prescribed fire update
January 23, 2024 0 Comments
Pile burning planned in Espanola Ranger District this week Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) fire managers are tentatively planning to begin ignitions as early as this week on pile burn projects located near Hyde Park Road in the Espanola Ranger District. The Hyde Park unit is 642 acres of debris left after fuel reduction projects that […]
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