The Valencia County Fire Department believes they have an arsonist – or a few of them – on their hands. They think a series of fires dating all the way back to March of last year are connected.
LOS LUNAS — With more than a dozen intentionally set fires having burned about 29 acres in the bosque surrounding the river bridge in Los Lunas, state and local authorities
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Fire officials are asking the public s help to solve a string of intentionally set fires along the bosque in Valencia County. Sarah Valencia, spokeswoman for the New Mexico Public Regulation…
New Mexico Fire Marshal’s Office: ‘Bosque’ Arsonist Probe Underway Into 18 Intentionally Set Wildland Fires
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SANTA FE – The New Mexico State Fire Marshal’s Office / Fire Investigations Bureau, in conjunction with the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office, Valencia County Fire Department and New Mexico State Police, are conducting an active Arson Investigation within the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (Bosque).
Starting around March 2020, approximately 18 intentionally set wildland fires within the Bosque, in the Valencia County District have caused destruction and have killed and/or injured wildlife in the area.
These fires also have caused a tremendous amount of damage to the natural habitat, environment, and ecosystem to include endangering the lives of the general public who use this area as a place for recreation. Also within this area are citizens who have no homes, who use the Bosque as a refuge. The lives of these individuals are at great ris
Del Sur fire still under investigation
The fire was quickly put out and an investigation began by the Alamogordo Fire Investigations Unit. Every fire in Alamogordo is investigated, Alamogordo Fire Department Fire Investigations Unit Leader William Skaggs said. We ve always investigated them, we re just taking a more proactive rather than a reactive stance with it.
In 2018, Alamogordo Fire Department started its own investigations team. Prior to 2018, the New Mexico State Fire Marshal s Office would investigate fires, Skaggs said.
The investigation is ongoing by the Alamogordo Fire Investigations Unit and the Alamogordo Police Department Detective Division.
If anyone has information regarding this fire, please contact the Alamogordo Fire Investigations Unit at 575-439-4298.