Fire In The News

The local news this morning was telling us about a fire on the Santa Fe National Forest northwest of Taos, the Double D fire. As of this morning, the New Mexico Fire Information site tells us, "The fire initally made significant wind-driven runs through live trees and old fuelwood slash but fire activity settled down in the overnight hours. No structures are currently threatened with the nearest structure being two miles to the southeast."

We have had an easy fire season so far up here in Northern New Mexico. Conditions have been moist enough for controlled burns, there are no recreational use restrictions in effect, and—anecdotally speaking—this is the first fire of any size here in the North to catch the attention of the news media.

PS (Later) One of our readers pointed out that Taos blogger JH Farr has a nice photo of the Double D fire as seen from a distance.