Tag: Fork

Man loses home and business he owns with brother to South Fork Fire

Jun. 26—RUIDOSO — Dave Anderson said he is pondering his future in this village after losing his second home to a fire in about a decade. On Wednesday morning, Anderson, 71, was looking at what was left of his 700-square-foot, one-bedroom and one-bathroom home in Alto Crest. Surrounding the foundation, a torn-up fence and other […]

Retired Army veteran loses Ruidoso home in South Fork Fire

Jun. 20—Don Spencer was at home in Ruidoso Monday afternoon talking with his daughter Tammy Claunch on FaceTime when he she saw smoke outside his window. “I said, ‘Wow, that looks really close,’” Claunch told the Journal during a phone interview. “He said, ‘Yeah, (but) it looks like it is going the other way.’” Claunch […]

Rain, firefighting slows South Fork Fire to ‘minimal’ growth

Jun. 20—Crews have fought the South Fork Fire largely to a standstill with the help of strong moisture inflows from the Gulf of Mexico, fire managers said at a briefing late Thursday. The South Fork Fire, located north of Ruidoso, showed only “minimal” growth in the 24-hour period from Wednesday to Thursday, Incident Commander Dave […]

South Fork Fire burns estimated 500 structures in Ruidoso area

Jun. 18—Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency in Lincoln County and the Mescalero Apache Reservation and deployed New Mexico National Guard troops to the area as two wildfires continued to burn out of control. As many as 500 structures may be damaged or destroyed in the village of Ruidoso by the South […]