Central New Mexico grass fire mostly contained, cause of fire remains unclear
Residents of Echo Ridge, NM, were sent to shelter at the Moriarty Civic Center as precaution
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Residents in the small community of Echo Ridge were told to evacuate Sunday due to a grass fire south of Moriarty in central New Mexico.
Torrance County Sheriff’s officials said the fire was mostly contained by afternoon, but a size estimate wasn’t immediately available.
The cause of the grass fire was unclear.
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NEW MEXICO COMMUNITIES BEGIN CLEARING WATER CANALS OF HEAVY DEBRIS FOLLOWING DEVASTATING WILDFIRE
A grass fire in Echo Ridge, New Mexico, is mostly contained after residents were evacuated.
Echo Ridge is southeast of the small town of Moriarty which has only a couple thousand people.
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Authorities said Echo Ridge residents were told to go to a shelter set up at the Moriarty Civic Center as a precaution.
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