New wildfire erupts near Durango

From KRQE-TV.com - by Jessica Garate - ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Lightning striking just before 1 p.m. Wednesday sparked the latest of several fires burning in the Four Corners, this one about 3.5 miles west of Durango. The blaze started on Lighnter Creek Road near where it intersects Dry Fork Road and has spread over 80 acres. Both of those county roads are now closed. About 60 homes are threatened, and people there have been told to be ready to evacuate. The Lighnter Creek Fire is burning on private land and in the Perins Peak State Wildlife Area. Crews on the ground are trying to protect homes while a tanker has been laying a line of fire retardant at the top of the ridge to prevent flames from burning down toward homes. Two helicopters and a single engine air tanker are working to keep the fire from spreading uphill. Read more

New wildfire erupts near Durango