SILVER CITY, N.M. — Despite recent rain and snow in southwest New Mexico, officials are still concerned about dangerous wildfires.
Grant County Fire Manager Gary Benavidez tells the Las Cruces Sun-News (http://bit.ly/zlmJbM ) Sunday's 1,300 acre Whippy Fire in the Cullum Estates neighborhood of White Signal had the potential to be as devastating as the Quail Ridge fire from nearly a year ago.
That fire destroyed 13 homes and 60 buildings.
Grant County Fire Manager Gary Benavidez tells the Las Cruces Sun-News Sunday's 1,300 acre Whippy Fire in the Cullum Estates neighborhood of White Signal had the potential to be as devastating as the Quail Ridge fire from nearly a year ago.
Benavidez added that had the wind been blowing harder, the situation could have been a lot worse.
Fire officials say now is an excellent time to get the grass mowed, do some pruning and thinning of brush around your house.
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Information from: Las Cruces Sun-News, http://www.lcsun-news.com