A FIRE IN TIMBERON, SOUTH OF CLOUDCROFT … HAS HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS PUT OUT OF THEIR HOMES. AT LAST WORD, ABOUT 200 ACRES HAD BEEN SCORCHED . AND THE FIRE HAS DESTROYED 10 HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS AND TWO FIRE TRUCKS. AND ITS SAID THAT EVERY STRUCTURE IN TOWN IS THREATENED. THE FIRE STARTED NORTHEAST OF TIMBERON AROUND 3:30 YESTERDAY (WED) AFTERNOON AND QUICKLY SPREAD TOWARD TOWN. THERE ARE NO INJURIES BUT OTERO COUNTY DEPUTIES WENT DOOR TO DOOR TO MOVE RESIDENTS OUT. A MAKESHIFT SHELTER WAS SET UP AT THE CLOUDCROFT HIGH SCHOOL GYM. LIVESTOCK IS BEING TAKEN AT THE ALAMOGORDO FAIRGROUNDS.
