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"Ox Fire" Breaks Out in Manzano Mountains During Dust Storms

"Ox Fire" Breaks Out in Manzano Mountains During Dust Storms

MANZANO, N.M. – Firefighters are responding to the "Ox Fire," a new wildfire that ignited in the Manzano Mountains on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. According to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the fire, burning within the scar of the 2007 Ojo Peak Fire, is estimated at 3

A fire grows beneath a power pole and amongst scrub brush and trees to the left of a gate to a ranch.

Fire on Red Bluff Rapidly Contained by USFS and Mountainair Firefighters

Just past Mountainair High School's football field, Third Street curves around the MIP property, briefly turning into Smith Road before becoming Red Bluff Road at the next curve. There, a set of power lines hang over the metal gate to the Lovato family's ranch. The lines