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Residents south of Wagon Mound told to be ready to evacuate as wildfire spreads
A police vehicle on scene at the wildfire near Wagon Mound, which had burned approximately 3,000 acres as of Friday afternoon.
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Residents south of Wagon Mound have been told to be ready to evacuate as a wildfire torched more than 3,000 acres Friday afternoon, according to a release from the New Mexico Forestry Division.
The blaze, dubbed the Mogote Hill Fire, is 0% contained, according to the release, and is burning primarily grass on private land in Mora County east of Interstate 25.
No evacuations have been ordered, the release states, but "scattered homes in the area" are threatened. The cause of the fire, which sparked around noon, is under investigation.
The Mora County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post that the Village of Wagon Mound had been placed on a "Ready, Set, Go" evacuation order hours earlier, meaning residents should stand at the ready to evacuate should conditions worsen.
The fire is spreading rapidly due to high winds, according to the forestry division release. The fire departments of Mora and San Miguel counties are on scene, alongside New Mexico State Police.
