| South Fork Fire, Salt Fire Update 2NM Fire Info

The South Fork Hearth and the Salt Hearth are burning on Mescalero tribal land, US Forest Service land, and the world surrounding Ruidoso. Each fires are being managed by Mescalero Apache Hearth Rescue and Bureau of Indian Affairs. Complicated Incident Administration Groups are on order.  

South Fork Hearth

Replace: The South Fork Hearth is presently estimated at 5,252 acres and nil % containment.  Hearth exercise is predicted all through the evening resulting from winds and low relative humidity. A number of constructions are beneath menace, and unknown variety of constructions have been misplaced. 10 Sort-1 Hotshot crews are on scene or en route. Tomorrow the incident will likely be transferred to a Complicated Incident Administration Staff.  

The South Fork Hearth was found at 9 a.m., Monday, June 17, 2024; it’s burning on Mescalero Tribal land, US Forest Service land and inside the areas surrounding Ruidoso. Hearth development has been fast with excessive hearth conduct. Lengthy vary recognizing and intense warmth with plume domination. The reason for the fireplace is beneath investigation.  

Climate: 79 levels with 11% humidity, winds from the southwest at 18 mph / gusts as much as 25 mph. Tonight: low round 58. Southwest wind 15 – 20 mph lowering to 10-15 mph after midnight. Tomorrow: sunny, with a excessive close to 86. Southwest winds 10-15 mph. 

Smoke: People delicate to wildfire smoke ought to take precautions and use the New Mexico Division of Well being 5-3-1 Visibility Technique to find out if it’s protected to be exterior. Study extra at https://nmtracking.doh.nm.gov/setting/air/FireAndSmoke.html. An interactive smoke map at https://hearth.airnow.gov/ lets you zoom into your space to see the newest smoke circumstances. 

Evacuations / Closures: Village of Ruidoso is beneath necessary evacuation. US 70 is closed from mm 249 (intersection NM 244), 4 miles east of Mescalero, to mm 258, 2 miles east of Carrizo. The one accessible evacuation route is on Sudderth to Freeway 70, main out to Roswell. 

An Evacuation Heart at Jap New Mexico College-Roswell is accessible at 52 College Blvd, Roswell, NM 88203 gymnasium. Individuals with livestock and RVs can head to the Jap New Mexico state fairgrounds at 2500 SE Fundamental St, Roswell, NM 88203. 

Group Sources: Emergency Operations Heart is now operational. For info or help relating to the South Fork Hearth or different emergencies, please name 575-258-6900. 

Residents and guests who need to voluntarily evacuate can now search shelter at Capitan Excessive Faculty at 519 Smokey Bear Blvd., Capitan, NM 88316. The Ruidoso Conference Heart just isn’t taking any extra evacuations, and people which might be there’ll shelter in place ought to the standing on the Conference Heart change.  

Pets to Humane Society of Lincoln County: Tackle: 25962 US-70, Ruidoso, NM 88345 

Mescalero Evacuations: The Tribe’s evacuation middle for Reservation residents is on the Group Heart Gymnasium. 

Incident Map URL: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=e2c6d99f914c44cbb18b75e73beef035 

Extra details about shelters and evacuations may be discovered right here: https://www.fb.com/villageofruidoso 

https://www.fb.com/mescaleroapachetribe

Shelters:  

Inn of the Mountain Gods, for tribal or non-tribal individuals — 

287 Carrizo Canyon Rd., Ruidoso NM  

In Roswell: 

ENMU-R Gymnasium 

52 B College Blvd  

Church on the Transfer 

901 W. Brasher   

NMMI Godfrey Heart 

101 W. Faculty  

NM Dream Heart   

2700 W. Second Road  

ENM Fairgrounds

RVs and Giant Animals 

2500 SE Fundamental  

Roswell Conference Heart  

900 N. Fundamental  

Roswell Aquatic Heart

1500 W. Faculty 

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Acres: 5,252 estimated                                                                           

Begin Date/ Time: June 17, 2024; 9 a.m. 

Trigger: Below investigation 

Location: Rio Ruidoso, west of the Higher Canyon space of Ruidoso  

Possession: Tribal                

Construction Risk: A number of constructions threatened; unknown constructions misplaced 

Sources: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Mescalero Apache Hearth Rescue, US Forest Service, a number of aviation property, native assets, a Complicated Incident Administration Staff is on order for Tuesday. June 18.  

Containment: 0%                                                                     

Fuels: Blended conifer 

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Salt Hearth 

Location: Mescalero Reservation, Otero County, Southwest of Ruidoso   

Measurement: 2,815 acres   

Containment: 0%

Sources: BIA, Mescalero, US Forest Service, a number of aviation property  

Hearth Exercise: Energetic  

Evacuations: Evacuation orders will stay in impact in a single day for: Chatto Bluff, Apache Summit, Fantasy Lane, houses alongside Freeway 70 from Freeway 244 to the east Reservation line, Bear Canyon, and Snow Canyon. 

Climate: 79 levels with 11% humidity, winds from the southwest at 18 mph / gusts as much as 25 mph. Tonight: low round 58. Southwest wind 15 – 20 mph lowering to 10-15 mph after midnight. Tomorrow: sunny, with a excessive close to 86. Southwest winds 10-15 mph.