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Wildfire in Lower Chama River Valley, New Mexico

Wildfire March 25, 2012 · Lower Chama River Valley, New Mexico

$300K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Chimayo Fire, near Highway 76 and County Road 87, was started when hot jumper cables were laid on dry vegetation. The fire, 10 acres in size, scorched Bureau of Land Management and privately owned land. In total, two homes and two outbuildings were burned.

The wider storm

Near record breaking temperatures fueled a human caused fire near Chimayo.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 365509. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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