Las Cruces Sun News: Brush fire off Highway 70 expected to last several days
The Las Cruces Sun News reports a westbound lane of U.S. Hwy. 70 east of the Organ Mountains remains closed as a result of the brush fire that erupted overnight.
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The paper reports the so-called “Organ Fire” started Sunday north of the highway, just east of San Augustin Pass, when a truck and camper trailer went up in flames.
The fire moved east, crossing a boundary into White Sands Missile Range, according to a WSMR spokesperson.
The Sun News spoke with U.S. Bureau of Land Management fire information officer Rico Smith. He told the paper the fire, which has burned nearly 600 acres, is only 5 percent contained.
