AROUND 120 FIRE FIGHTING PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR TAKING ON THE SARDINAS CANYON FIRE IN THE CARSON NATIONAL FOREST. THE FIRE, WHICH STARTING EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, IS NOW MAPPED AT 500 ACRES WITH NO CONTAINMENT REPORTED.
SARDINAS CANYON IS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TAOS AND SOME COMMUNITIES NEARBY MAYBE IMPACTED BY SMOKE. A COMMUNITY MEETING WAS HELD TUESDAY EVENING IN PENASCO TO UPDATE RESIDENTS OF THE FIRE.
