Jul 22, 2024 · Investigators identified 16 human-caused fires on the Mescalero Apache Reservation near Ruidoso. They linked six of the fires to a couple, including the destructiveSaltFire.
Jun 23, 2024 · RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — Full-time residents of Ruidoso will be allowed to return to their village Monday morning as federal authorities seek to prosecute whoever started a pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,400 structures.
Jun 18, 2024 · CNN — At least one person has been reported dead as a result of the fast-growing wildfires still burning in New Mexico, officials said Tuesday. The state Department of Homeland Security and...
Jun 20, 2024 · Two fires, one in Ruidoso and one in Salt Fire, have killed two people and forced thousands to evacuate. The fires are uncontained and threaten by flooding, lightning and cooling weather.
Jun 24, 2024 · Residents of the New Mexico town of Ruidoso, which was totally evacuated last week in advance of two fast-moving wildfires, were allowed back Monday to see whether their homes are still standing.
Jun 19, 2024 · Fast-moving wildfires forced thousands of residents to flee their homes in the New Mexico village of Ruidoso on June 17, 2024. One person died and more than 500 structures were burned in the South Fork Fire and the Salt Fire, which were not contained as of Tuesday evening.
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The remains of a business destroyed by the South Fork Fire are pictured in the mountain village of Ruidoso, N.M., Saturday, June 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) Electricity poles burned by the South Fork Fire partially block a road in the mountain village of Ruidoso, N.M., Saturday, June 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
The deaths in the village of Ruidoso amid the McBride Fire are under investigation, the state police said. Firefighters responded Tuesday afternoon to a home on fire on Gavilan Canyon Road. Village police were later told that a couple had attempted to evacuate but was unaccounted for, the department said.
New Mexico State Police reported that Wednesday that it had confirmed two fire-related deaths in Ruidoso. One victim, identified as 60-year-old Patrick Pearson, was found dead Tuesday on the side of a road near the Swiss Chalet Motel, state police said in a statement. He had suffered numerous burns.
Will Ruidoso residents be able to return to their village Monday morning?
(AP Photo/Andres Leighton) RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — Full-time residents of Ruidoso will be allowed to return to their village Monday morning as federal authorities seek to prosecute whoever started a pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,400 structures.
Apr 14, 2022 · The deaths in the village of Ruidoso amid the McBride Fire are under investigation, the state police said. Firefighters responded Tuesday afternoon to a home on fire on GavilanCanyonRoad.