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Just happened to be watching about 2:30 p.m. when the fire literally exploded up the hill in the rear. Flames were clearly visible for about 30 seconds until the smoke covered everything. My best guess is that this is 5-6 miles south of us.
Bigger, faster, earlier fires expected May 2, 2013: The lack of moisture hasn’t propagated any “fine fuels” — grasses and plants that propel fires between trees and other flammable objects — since at least the 2012 fire season, according to the May wildland fire potential outlook created by the National Interagency Fire Center. Apart from the lack of fine fuel growth, the researchers said, the fuel that already exists is dead or dying due to lack of moisture. That means faster, bigger, earlier fires this season in the West. Other conditions in New Mexico are coalescing into a season of above-normal fire potential, at least through June.
ABQJournal Published on May 2, 2013
A wildfire of unknown origin is still burning approximately 10 acres in the Sandia wilderness, but no structures are threatened. The fire is approximately 5 miles from the Placitas watershed, but winds are pushing the fire in a southerly direction, away from settled areas.
I still see a little smoke in the are right now (11:59 hrs, May 3, 2013)
From today's ABQ Journal article: Progress made in Sandias blaze A forest fire smoldered in the folds of the north Sandia Mountains early Thursday morning, but it quickly grew into a 50-acre fire when daybreak brought heat and winds. The steep-terrain blaze caused a headache for around 70 local firefighters who fought the fire from the ground and the sky since dawn Thursday. Entire article: By Patrick Lohmann / Journal Staff Writer on Fri, May 3, 2013 » Progress made in Sandias blaze | ABQ Journal Rio West
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