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Cerro Pelado Fire Update for Sunday, May 22
Cerro Pelado
Publication Type: News 05/23/2022
Info Office Hours: 8 am - 8 pm Phone: 505-312-4593
Email: 2022.CerroPelado@firenet.gov
InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8075/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SantafeNF
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/2022.Cerropeladofire
Acreage: 45,605 acres
Containment: 81%
Total Personnel: 607 total personnel
The northeast side of the fire line will resume chipping and suppression repair on roads 289 and 287. Division leaders will assess Alamo Canyon for areas of heat.
Local resource advisors will work with heavy equipment operations to turn a dozer line into a trail for the Pueblo on the southeast corner of the fire.
On the south side of the fire, chipping operations will continue on the 266 Rd. An excavator was moved onto the 266 Rd to begin suppression repair work on the west side of the fire perimeter and will move south.
Structure crews have begun removing equipment out of the Bandelier National Monument.
Night division continues to patrol the fire at night and mop-up any areas of heat they may encounter.
Crews/Equipment: 1 Type 1 hand crew, 11 Type II hand crews, 27 engines, 3 dozers, 18 water tenders, 4 ambulances, 4 helicopters.
EVACUATIONS:
CLOSURES:
Air quality: Information on air quality is at New Mexico Department of Health Environmental Public Health Tracking: https://nmtracking.org/fire , and an interactive smoke map is available at https://fire.airnow.gov/.
Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR): There is a flight restriction over the fire area and drones are also prohibited. Temporary Flight Restrictions