Officials urge public to follow burning rules

massive fire the engulfed a woman’s mobile home yesterday afternoon. it happened on the 3-thousand block of old picacho road just west of las cruces. today we learn more on the circumstances of yesterdays fire. reporter evan folan explains what happened. he’s is live with our new mexico mobile newsroom. i want to walk you through exactly what happened on thursday. from the moment the fire started to what stands today. pkg: only burn scars remain where the grass and tumble weeds once sat where the 65 year old homeowner says she was conducting a controlled fire when it went out of control pushing back towards here home first catching the pine tree on fire then jumping to the bar then back to her mobile home everything destroyed. that fire got out of control that combined with the wind was just a situation right for desisted. after realizing her property was on fire she ran back to her yard to grab her garden hose which she used to try to put out the unstoppable fire very fortunately a neighbor heard her screaming and pulled her to safety. 40-47 ” she start screaming and i run all the way to her. she was with a little hose. tried to put out the flames. but it was pretty hard so i just took her out.” looking inside her trailer home you can see the remains that are all charred. back outside in her yard a christmas wreath a planter pot, some burned insulation l, a book then back on this table some salvageable goods one might have been a center piece for her table you can see chests drawers a washing machine and four cars completely destroyed. daso spokesperson ” the propert including the mobile home and the property around it was a total of $37,000 was lost. residents living in dona ana county can learn from this tragedy by one asking for permission to burn and two knowing when the conditions are right so this tragedy doesn’t happen to you. if you plan on burning on your property it is advisable to call central dispatch first keep your yard clean and make sure all the old weeds are taken care of. “this woman certainly didnt hop for this to happen this wasn’t her intention at all again that’s got out of control.” after realizing her property was on fire she ran back to her home and grabbed a garden hose to try and put out an unstoppable fire. looking inside her home you can see the charred remains property including the mobile home the homeowner and her daughter plan on rebuilding after they clear out the property. for more information on how to do controlled burning visit kvia dot com. reporting live from dona ana county from our new mexico mobile news room edf abc7 a lesson to be learned, evan thank you.