Wildfire races between two New Mexico towns
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Wildfire races between two New Mexico towns
Wildfire races between two New Mexico towns
High winds grounded air tankers and fanned the flames of a wildfire Sunday, sending it racing between two towns where hundreds of residents had ignored suggestions to evacuate. No one was reported injured. Residents of about 130 homes in the towns of Manzano and Torreon, near the Manzano Mountains southeast of Albuquerque, had been asked to leave, said Torrance County Emergency Manager John Cordova. He called the threat "severe."
Even so, not many people in Manzano left their homes, said Deanna Younger, a fire information officer. They were standing there right in the middle of town watching it go past the town. It was a few miles away, Younger said Sunday evening. Any danger from the head of the fire has passed, Younger said, adding that gusty winds could still send the blaze north toward Torreon.
The wind was blowing at 20 mph and gusting at 35 mph, with very low humidity. Windy conditions were forecast for the next few days, Younger said. Dark smoke hung over Manzano on Sunday afternoon as firefighters went door to door, asking residents to leave. Fire crews were working on rugged terrain on the east side of the blaze, but high winds grounded air tankers and helicopters that had been dropping fire retardant on the blaze earlier in the day, Baston said.
The fire started Tuesday, threatening communication towers and a University of New Mexico observatory. Investigators are looking into the cause, which was deemed "suspicious." Near Boulder, Colo., a 2-acre grass fire within a half-mile of 1,300 homes was extinguished shortly after officials warned residents of it. There was no evacuation order.
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High winds grounded air tankers and fanned the flames of a wildfire Sunday, sending it racing between two towns where hundreds of residents had ignored suggestions to evacuate. No one was reported injured. Residents of about 130 homes in the towns of Manzano and Torreon, near the Manzano Mountains southeast of Albuquerque, had been asked to leave, said Torrance County Emergency Manager John Cordova. He called the threat "severe."
Even so, not many people in Manzano left their homes, said Deanna Younger, a fire information officer. They were standing there right in the middle of town watching it go past the town. It was a few miles away, Younger said Sunday evening. Any danger from the head of the fire has passed, Younger said, adding that gusty winds could still send the blaze north toward Torreon.
The wind was blowing at 20 mph and gusting at 35 mph, with very low humidity. Windy conditions were forecast for the next few days, Younger said. Dark smoke hung over Manzano on Sunday afternoon as firefighters went door to door, asking residents to leave. Fire crews were working on rugged terrain on the east side of the blaze, but high winds grounded air tankers and helicopters that had been dropping fire retardant on the blaze earlier in the day, Baston said.
The fire started Tuesday, threatening communication towers and a University of New Mexico observatory. Investigators are looking into the cause, which was deemed "suspicious." Near Boulder, Colo., a 2-acre grass fire within a half-mile of 1,300 homes was extinguished shortly after officials warned residents of it. There was no evacuation order.
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N.M. wildfire burns several homes near 2 towns
Evacuation orders lifted, but 385 firefighters still battling blaze
A wind-fed wildfire went on a nail-biting run between two central New Mexico towns, destroying nine homes, nine outbuildings and two RVs, fire officials said. The flames jumped a fire contingency line, crossed the Cibola National Forest boundary onto private land and roared onto flatter land with grass and shrubs, fire officials said Monday.
An air tanker dumps a load of fire retardant on top of the fire burning near Manzano, N.M.
About 14,000 tons of fire retardant were dropped on the blaze as it burned a path through the towns of Manzano and Torreon. No injuries were reported. The fire, burning in the Manzano Mountains south of Albuquerque, was estimated at 3,750 acres, or half a square mile, and was fed by juniper, ponderosa pine and mixed conifer.
More than 385 people were fighting the blaze. We are throwing everything we possibly can at this to hold it, said fire information officer Deanna Younger. There is a possibility still that something could happen, Younger said. Because we're dealing with Mother Nature we just want to be on the safe side.
Officials earlier asked people to leave about 130 homes around Manzano and Torreon as the fire raced down the east side of the Manzano Mountains, doubling in size from Sunday afternoon to Monday morning.
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Evacuation orders lifted, but 385 firefighters still battling blaze
A wind-fed wildfire went on a nail-biting run between two central New Mexico towns, destroying nine homes, nine outbuildings and two RVs, fire officials said. The flames jumped a fire contingency line, crossed the Cibola National Forest boundary onto private land and roared onto flatter land with grass and shrubs, fire officials said Monday.
An air tanker dumps a load of fire retardant on top of the fire burning near Manzano, N.M.
About 14,000 tons of fire retardant were dropped on the blaze as it burned a path through the towns of Manzano and Torreon. No injuries were reported. The fire, burning in the Manzano Mountains south of Albuquerque, was estimated at 3,750 acres, or half a square mile, and was fed by juniper, ponderosa pine and mixed conifer.
More than 385 people were fighting the blaze. We are throwing everything we possibly can at this to hold it, said fire information officer Deanna Younger. There is a possibility still that something could happen, Younger said. Because we're dealing with Mother Nature we just want to be on the safe side.
Officials earlier asked people to leave about 130 homes around Manzano and Torreon as the fire raced down the east side of the Manzano Mountains, doubling in size from Sunday afternoon to Monday morning.
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©MSNBC | Gewijzigd: 24 april 2017, 10:35 uur, door Joyce.s
