FIRES CONTINUE TO BURN IN NEW MEXICO MONDAY MORNING. THE UTE PARK FIRE HAS GROWN TO JUST OVER 36-THOUSAND ACRES OVER THE WEEKEND AND IS 23 PERCENT CONTAINED IN COLFAX COUNTY. THE FIRE IS BURNING NEAR CIMARRON AND THE PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH, WHERE IT’S DESTROYED 14 OUTBUILDINGS. NEARLY 300 MORE STRUCTURES ARE THREATENED BY THE FIRE. EVACUATION ORDERS ARE MANDATORY BUT SOME RESIDENTS CHOSE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
AND AS OF SUNDAY NIGHT, THE BUZZARD FIRE IN THE GILA IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO HAS GROWN TO 29-THOUSAND-727 ACRES. THE BUZZARD FIRE IS 41 PERCENT CONTAINED AND IS THREATENING NO STRUCTURES.
