ONLY 10 ACRES HAVE BEEN REPORTED BURNED BY A THREE-STATE WILDFIRE IN NEW MEXICO’S NORTHEAST CORNER. THAT STATE IS OKLAHOMA. BUT THE STATELINE FIRE HAS BURNED 10-THOUSAND-750 ACRES IN COLORADO … AND JUST ABOUT 17-THOUSAND ACRES IN NEW MEXICO NORTH OF CLAYTON IN UNION COUNTY.
THAT FIRE STARTED LAST THURSDAY AND, ALL TOTALLED, HAS SCORCHED 27-THOUSAND-658 ACRES. BUT THE FIRE IS NOT THREATENING ANY STRUCTURES. THE STATE FORESTRY DIVISION SAYS CONTAINMENT WAS 50 PERCENT LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
