Wildfire spreading uphill near Houston Drive in Cloudcroft, Otero County NM
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WildfireA wildfire is spreading uphill near Houston Drive in the Cloudcroft area. It may have started from a prescribed burn done the previous day but is now uncontrolled. The roads are icy and snow-covered, and no one is currently at the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Cloudcroft Fire
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02:48
Transcript:
00:00
Can we get a better address?
00:05
We just got an update from deputies on scene.
00:07
It's going to be off of Houston Drive.
00:09
It's going to be a wildfire.
00:19
55 to 36.
00:23
Go ahead.
00:26
It's going to be over here at Matt Dressler.
00:27
He was doing a prescribed burn or had a burn going here yesterday.
00:34
I'll copy big fun.
00:47
Cloudcroft Engine 12 to Base.
00:49
So this unit in route, crew, two.
00:52
Center point.
00:55
12 o'clock 55 respondent units.
00:59
Be a warn, it's going to be icing snowpack.
01:10
36.55 on Village.
01:14
Go ahead.
01:18
What are the conditions? I don't think this truck needs to be up there.
01:22
No, if you ain't got four-wheel drive, you're not going to make it up here.
01:29
Copy. What you tell you, are you first on seeing or is Dave getting up there?
01:34
I don't see anybody up here right now.
01:36
I got Noster walking down towards me, so I'm going to see what we got.
01:41
Yeah, once you get up there and doing it.
01:43
On it because if it was a control burn and really that's all it is, I need to advise everybody.
01:49
They're just a lot, yeah.
02:05
Paramedic is on scene.
02:09
It is spreading uphill.
02:10
It is not a control burn.
02:12
No one is on scene.
02:28
Go ahead.
02:30
Do you want us to replace 12 with 10?
02:35
Yeah, let's stand by.
02:37
Stand by where you are right now.
02:40
We're going to need to get somebody up there to look at it.
02:43
There's snow everywhere, but three inches of snow, ground.
02:46
So we need to find out what snow going on.
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Location mentioned:
Houston Dr, New Mexico 88317
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