COLD, AND DEAD OUT. THAT'S THE STATUS OF A SMALL FIRE SPARKED BY LIGHTNING IN THE SANDIAS. THE TUF-SHUR FIRE WAS ABOUT A TENTH-OF-AN-ACRE IN SIZE WHEN CREWS HIKED UP TO IT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THEY WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY GET THE FIRE CONTAINED.
SANDIA RANGER DISTRICT SPOKESMAN JOHN HELMICH TELLS 770 KKOB THIS CAN BE A TROUBLESOME TIME OF THE YEAR BECAUSE OF FIRES. HE SAYS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING STRIKES IS ALWAYS THERE … ESPECIALLY DURING MONSOON SEASON.
THE TUF-SHUR FIRE WAS LOCATED NEAR LAST YEAR'S CHIMNEY CANYON FIRE, NORTH OF THE SANDIA TRAM.
