Posted on 06/17/2016 8:27:26 PM PDT by CedarDave
TIJERAS — Several hundred people whose homes, animals and ways of life are threatened by the Dog Head Fire heard Gov. Susana Martinez promise during a public meeting here Friday to commit more resources to help them through their ordeal.
Martinez told anxious Manzano Mountain area residents, jammed into the Roosevelt Middle School gym, that she has ordered more New Mexico National Guardsmen to provide security for neighborhoods that have been or may be evacuated, and that she would look into the possibility of making the fairgrounds at Expo New Mexico available to accept animals being removed from the path of the 26-square-mile fire.
By late Friday, the fire that started Tuesday six miles northwest of Tajique in Torrance County had burned 17,000 acres, destroyed two dozen homes and more than 20 other structures and forced of scores of people to leave their homes.
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good...
Edgewood ??
Off Juan Tomas and 217 south of edgewood.
Thanks for the positive update. From the satelite photos, the wind seems to be blowing the smoke/fire toward the east.
ok...
Stay safe slim.
Things looking up this AM, no growth yesterday, more containment.
good, glad to hear that
Almost 50% containment, starting to let people back in. I’m sure as hell ready.
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