REGARDLESS OF EL NINO AND ALL THE PRECIPITATION IT’S BROUGHT TO NEW MEXICO … THE STATE IS ALREADY IN AN EARLY FIRE SEASON … AND ONE THAT HAS FIRE CREWS CONCERNED. ONE FIRE THAT SPARKED UP RECENTLY IN THE GILA DISTRICT JUST NORTH OF MEXICO HAS ALREADY BURNED NEARLY 8 THOUSAND ACRES … MORE THAN THE 7-THOUSAND-600 ACRES BURNED IN THE STATE BY THIS TIME LAST YEAR. IT’S NOW 70 PERCENT CONTAINED.
BUT THAT’S NOT COUNTING BURNED ACREAGE FROM LAST WEEK’S LA JOYA BOSQUE FIRE… THE FIRE NEAR POJOAQUE … AND SMALLER BOSQUE FIRES IN AND AROUND ALBUQUERQUE. IT HAS FIRE OFFICIALS PREDICTING THIS WILL BE A DANGEROUS YEAR IN NEW MEXICO FOR WILDFIRES.
