RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST FOR ALL ACROSS NEW MEXICO THIS WEEK. THAT'S BUMPED THE FIRE DANGER UP TO VERY HIGH … SO AT 8 O'CLOCK MONDAY MORNING, STAGE 2 FIRE RESTRICTIONS WENT INTO EFFECT IN ALBUQUERQUE AND NUMEROUS OTHER COMMUNITIES. STAGE TWO MEANS YOU CAN'T LIGHT A CAMPFIRE AND YOU CAN'T SMOKE A CIGARETTE UNLESS YOU'RE IN YOUR VEHICLE OR AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE.
IN ADDITION TO ALBUQUERQUE, OTHER COMMUNITIES STARTING STAGE TWO FIRE LIMITS MONDAY MORNING INCLUDE BERNALILLO, SANDOVAL, VALENCIA, TORRANCE, MCKINLEY, CATRON, SOCORRO, AND CIBOLA COUNTIES … AND BLM LANDS.
GETTING CAUGHT VIOLATING THE RESTRICTIONS WILL MEAN STIFF PENALTIES.
