THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST'S SANDIA AND MOUNTAINAIR RANGER DISTRICTS IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC STARTING AS OF 8:00 MONDAY MORNING. SPOKESWOMAN RUTH SUTTON TELLS 770 KKOB IT'S DUE TO THE HIGH FIRE DANGER: SHE SAYS THE TEMPERATURES ARE SO HIGH AND THE VEGETATION SO DRY THAT IT'S NOT SAFE TO BE IN THE FOREST.
SUTTON SAYS THE ENTIRE MOUNTAINAIR DISTRICT IS CLOSED…WHILE IN THE SANDIA DISTRICT, THE SANDIA PEAK TRAM AND FOREST ROADS 242 AND 413 ARE STAYING OPEN. ALSO TODAY, THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IS IMPOSING A PARTIAL CLOSURE IN THE BOSQUE AND OPEN SPACE AREAS.
