MOP-UP AND RE-HAB WORK IS NOW GOING ON IN THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY OF TIMBERON FOLLOWING A DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE. THE FIRE HAS CONSUMED 268 ACRES, AND IS NOW 80-PERCENT CONTAINED.
SEVENTY BUILDINGS, INCLUDING 44 HOMES, WERE BURNED. FOREST OFFICIALS STILL HAVEN’T DETERMINED WHAT SPARKED THE FIRE THAT STARTED LAST WEDNESDAY.
