fire between raton and trinidad

[car-15]

a pic my coworker sent me, facing colorado from raton. not pretty...
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd27/rruusseell1/photo-2.jpg

[Gcompact30]

How the hell did that happen and/or start?

[jmg8550]

That looks pretty bad.

[Hoser]

Southbound I-25 is closed...

[Gcompact30]

Hope I-25 South is open by late Tuesday or early Wed morning dam.

[car-15]

Southbound I-25 is closed...
yep, and I work in raton. i've had several snow days in the past 11 years down there when I could not drive to work, but i've never had a fire day.

[lead_magnet]

I'm in Trinidad...looked crazy here a while ago, you would swear fisher's peak was a volcano...got the B.O.B. and AK ready, should the wind shift...

Jamming Slayer too ;)

[Guylee]

It's ok. It can have Raton [Coffee].

[tmjohnson]

Isn't there a bunch of coal mines in that area?
What are the chances of a coal seam catching fire?

[Stinky]

Yes, there are coal mines in the area. The Whitington Center sits on a coal mine or 2, or more. Turner owns an old one going west, on NM-555 (I think that is the number).

I don't think there are any active ones...but I'm sure that there is still plenty of coal in the area. But, i ain't much of an expert on the area.

I have a match at the WC, starting 7/11, I think, I hope that nonsense is done by then. I also hope that they get it under control, soon.