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Lance Road Fire Photo Courtesy of Roger Fike
By Roger Lanse
The Tyrone Volunteer Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 462 Lance Drive that morphed into a quarter-acre grass fire the late afternoon of Sunday, July 7, 2024. According to TVFD Chief Mike Cox, they were paged out about 4:13 p.m. and finished mop-up around 8 p.m. The fire location was about 100 yards from the Ridge Road turnoff.
There were no injuries reported, except EMS treated two firefighters who were a bit overheated, Cox said.
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[Editor's Note: This is the fourth and final in a series of articles on the May 7, 2024 Grant County Commission work session and decisions made at the regular meeting on May 9, 2024. This article continues at the work session with the review of the regular meeting agenda.]
By Mary Alice Murphy
During the review of the May 9, 2024 regular meeting agenda at the May 7, work session, County Manager Charlene Webb presented the financial reports. The first listed the April expenditures for the period ending April 30, 2024. Expenditures totaled $3,676, 200.04, which included pay periods 7 and 8 of $514,587.20. Extraordinary expenses above $!0,000 are listed in the PDF below.
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Four videos by Martha Hamblen
The two of the parade she took from the float she traveled on - the American Legion Post 18 float.
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MIMBRES, NM, ?July 7, 2024 – The Ridge Fire on the Gila National Forest, Wilderness Ranger District has grown to 100 acres, moving to the southwest toward Iron Creek Mesa Trail and Willow Creek as it follows grass and dead and down timber in an old burn scar. Additional firefighting resources are arriving today and tomorrow.
"Hot, dry weather over the past couple of days has made fuels in the area more receptive to fire," said Wilderness District Ranger Brian Stultz. "Persistent hot, dry weather today and tomorrow, with moderate winds, will continue to support moderate fire growth."
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QUEMADO, NM, ?July 6, 2024 – Firefighters are suppressing the 100-acre Lolo Fire on the Gila National Forest, Quemado Ranger District. It is located near the Escondido Mountain area, approximately 6 miles northeast of Quemado Lake, New Mexico. The lightning-caused fire was reported Friday, July 5. Due to its remote location and steep, inaccessible terrain, a confine and contain strategy will be applied, using area roads and natural features to limit the fire’s spread.
"Ground and air resources have been working since yesterday to contain this fire on top of the knob at the top of Lolo Canyon, however, fire has entered steep, inaccessible terrain where it is not safe for firefighters to work," said Quemado District Ranger Randall Chavez. "Therefore, a less direct approach will be used to contain the fire within a larger area using roads and natural features."
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GLENWOOD, NM, Date, 2024 – Firefighters are suppressing the lightning-caused Lost Fire, located on top of a ridge north of Whitewater Creek and approximately 2 miles southeast of Mogollon, New Mexico, south of the Bursum Road. Reported on Friday, July 5, it has grown to 30 acres. It is 15% contained, with 42 firefighting resources currently engaged in full suppression activities.
"The Lost Fire is burning in remote, difficult terrain in heavy dead and down fuels from the 2012 Whitewater Baldy Fire," said Silver City District Ranger Elizabeth Toney. "A helicopter is being used today to douse the fire with water it has been effective at slowing the fire's forward progression."
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