A COMPACT, BUT DESTRUCTIVE FIRE SEASON IN NEW MEXICO IN 2013. DAN WARE WITH STATE FORESTRY SAYS THE CONDITIONS WERE RIPE FOR A SEVERE FIRE SEASON, AND IT ALL CAME TOGETHER IN LATE MAY THROUGH JUNE WITH SEVERAL FIRES ERUPTING IN THE STATE. HE SAYS THEY WERE CONSTANTLY MOVING EQUIPMENT FROM ONE FIRE TO ANOTHER THROUGHOUT JUNE,
THE LARGEST INCIDENT WAS THE SILVER FIRE IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO. OTHERS THAT KEPT CREWS BUSY INCLUDE THE TRES LAGUNAS AND THOMPSON RIDGE FIRES IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. OVERALL, AROUND 212-THOUSAND ACRES IN NEW MEXICO WERE AFFECTED THIS YEAR. PANR 770 KKOB.
