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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: 75%
Total Personnel: 654 total personnel

The Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team #3 assumed command of the Cerro Pelado Fire at 7 am.
   
- Updated Forest closures: Santa Fe, Carson and Cibola National Forests have implemented closures due to extreme fire danger effective Thursday, May 19th at 8am
- Hwy 4 is open to local traffic only. Please drive carefully through the area as there are still fire crews in the area
- Back-to-back Red Flag Fire warning days beginning today at 12pm for high temps, strong winds and low relative humidity values  

WEATHER AND FIRE BEHAVIOR: Today will be a critical fire weather day with a Red Flag Warning in effect from 12 pm until 10 pm due to gusty winds and extremely low relative humidity. The Red Flag Warning will continue into Friday.  High temps near 80 degrees and west-southwest winds of 20mph gusting to 40mph.  Fuels remain extremely dry with no relief in sight.  

FIRE OPERATIONS: Fire crews finished constructing handline on the north side of the fire near the communications towers on Los Griegos Mountain and Forest Road (FR) 271. Crews will establish hose lines to extinguish hot spots. On the northeast side of the fire, crews will continue to locate and extinguish areas of heat near Frijoles Canyon. Crews will continue to assess areas along Hwy 4 for suppression repairs.   Crews continue to work in the rugged areas near Alamo and lower Peralta Canyons to locate and extinguish areas of heat that have been identified during infrared(IR) flights. Helicopters are available to assist the crews with water drops in these areas. Containment lines along the south and western side of the fire continue to hold and crews are working on chipping and removing unnecessary equipment.    

CLOSURES: Santa Fe National Forest Closure order: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/santafe/alerts-notices Carson National Forest Closure order:  https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/carson/alerts-notices Cibola National Forest Closure order: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/cibola/alerts-notices