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Northern New Mexico Type 3 Incident Management Team Luke McLarty, Incident Commander Fire Information:  505-418-1038 2023.comanche@firenet.gov https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/

Northern New Mexico Type 3 Incident Management Team Luke McLarty, Incident Commander Fire Information: 505-418-1038 2023.comanche@firenet.gov https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/

Northern New Mexico Type 3 Incident Management Team Luke McLarty, Incident Commander  Fire Information: 505-418-1038  2023.comanche@firenet.gov  https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ 

Northern New Mexico Type 3 Incident Management Team Luke McLarty, Incident Commander Fire Information: 505-418-1038 2023.comanche@firenet.gov  https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ 

Northern New Mexico Type 3 Incident Management Team Luke McLarty, Incident Commander Fire Information: 505-418-1038 2023.comanche@firenet.gov https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ Actions: Over the next few days, fire crews will establish containment lines around the lightning-caused Comanche Fire and make provisions for possible firing operations later in the week. The fire is in Comanche Canyon near the communities of El Rito and Abiquiu. 

With no threat to lives, homes or infrastructure from the Comanche Fire, which was caused by lightning, Carson National Forest crews are currently moving forward with a confine and contain strategy. This response allows fire to play its natural role in a fire-dependent ecosystem, which is a desired condition outlined in the Carson National Forest’s 2022 Land Management Plan. 

Carson National Forest fire crews are currently on scene of a lightning-caused fire off Forest Road 137 on the El Rito Ranger District. It is located on the north slopes of Comanche Canyon and is approximately eight miles west of El Rito, NM, 11 miles north of Abiquiu, NM, and 10 miles southeast of Canjilon, NM. It was first reported around 1:45 p.m.  Named the Comanche Fire, the estimated 1/10-acre wildfire is smoldering and creeping in ponderosa, piñon pine and juniper tree stands. There is no threat to lives, homes or infrastructure.