THERE ARE HALF A DOZEN NEW FIRES BURNING IN NEW MEXICO RIGHT NOW. THE BIGGEST SO FAR IS THE BLEDSOE-1 FIRE IN LEA COUNTY. IT’S GROWN TO 3-THOUSAND ACRES SINCE IT STARTED TUESDAY. CREWS FROM SEVERAL COMMUNITIES … INCLUDING PLAINS, TATUM, KNOWLES, AND MILLSANDS … HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO HELP. THERE’S NO CONTAINMENT ON THE BLEDSOE-1 FIRE.
A THREE ACRE FIRE IN OTERO IS BURNING SOUTHWEST OF MAYHILL OFF HIGHWAY 130. THAT ONE WAS STARTED BY A DOWNED POWER LINE AND WAS CONTROLLED WITHIN HOURS. IN CATRON COUNTY, A FIVE ACRE FIRE ON PRIVATE LAND HAS NOT SPREAD. MEANWHILE, THE BROWN FIRE SOUTH OF SOCORRO ALSO STARTED ON TUESDAY AND HAS BURNED 100 ACRES.
