Begin date: April 22, 2022 Trigger: Unknown Dimension: 50+ acres Containment: 0%
Location: Forest Highway 10 and NM Freeway 4 roughly 7 miles east of Jemez Springs
Evacuations: Sandoval County is evacuating the communities of Sierra Los Pinos and Los Griegos because of extraordinarily windy dry circumstances and the Cerro Pelado Fireplace’s potential for development.
Sources: Firefighters from the Jemez Ranger District and Sandoval County in addition to native volunteer hearth departments are on scene.
Climate: A very harmful hearth climate occasion is ongoing throughout the world as unusually excessive winds hit laborious forward of a powerful chilly entrance. Circumstances are ripe for speedy massive hearth development with long-range recognizing. Chilly air transferring in behind the entrance will lead to below-normal temperatures this weekend, however windy circumstances will proceed.
Fuels: The Cerro Pelado Fireplace is burning in ponderosa pine and combined conifer. Circumstances on the forest are extraordinarily dry with excessive hearth hazard and ample out there fuels.
Security: The well being and security of firefighters and the general public are at all times the primary precedence.
Smoke: Smoke from the Cerro Pelado Fireplace is prone to be seen from NM Freeway 4, US Route 550, Canon, Jemez Pueblo, Jemez Springs, Sierra Los Pinos, La Cueva and San Diego Canyon. Smoke-sensitive people and folks with respiratory issues or coronary heart illness are inspired to take precautionary measures. Data on air high quality and defending your well being may be discovered on-line on the New Mexico Division of Well being (NMDOH) Environmental Public Well being Monitoring (EPHT) web site at https://nmtracking.org/hearth. An interactive smoke map at https://hearth.airnow.gov/ means that you can zoom into your space to see the most recent smoke circumstances.
That is an evolving incident. Fireplace updates can be posted on Inciweb, the SFNF Fb and Twitter, SFNF web site and New Mexico Fireplace Data web site.
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