THE FIRE IN TIMBERON, NEW MEXICO HAS ONLY GROWN TO 290 ACRES SINCE IT FLARED UP WEDNESDAY NIGHT … BUT IT HAS SINCE LED TO THE ENTIRE TOWN BEING EVACUATED … AND DESTROYED 60 STRUCTURES … 31 OF THOSE HOMES.
CREWS HAD TO WAIT TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE THE FIRE HAD DONE BECAUSE OF PROPANE TANKS THAT EXPLODED, FORCING EVERY RESIDENT OUT OF THEIR HOMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE IS ZERO PERCENT CONTAINED.
GOVERNOR MARTINEZ HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY TO FREE UP MONEY FOR THE FIRE FIGHT AND THE EVACUATION. IT’LL PAY FOR 75 PERCENT OF THOSE EFFORTS.
