Fire in the mountains still burning 5/3/08

About a half-dozen people said "Ken...You should look at property in the East Mountains..." Well, this isn't exactly in the "east mountains" but it is close enough and an example of what I'm worried about over there.


Officials say New Mexico wildfire has burned nearly 60 homes
By MATT MYGATT Associated Press Writer
Article Last Updated: 05/03/2008 03:42:16 PM CDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Firefighters worked in cooler, calmer weather Saturday to clear lines around a blaze that has burned nearly 60 homes and more than 20 square miles in the mountains of central New Mexico.

Authorities were able to confirm Saturday that 50 homes burned Wednesday in a fire caused by humans in the Manzano Mountains, souteast of Albuquerque, said Linda Peters, a fire information officer. Nine homes had burned earlier.

The 50 homes—most in an area called Sherwood Forest, west of the community of Torreon—went up Wednesday after the fire jumped containment lines.