Do You Consider Smoke When Making Your Decisions?
Incident: San Miguel Wildfire
Released: 7/15/2009
Public health and safety are always our priority, however there are always tradeoffs when dealing with smoke. Smoke emissions are managed in accordance with New Mexico Environmental Department - Air Quality Bureau regulations.
The San Miguel fire has been and is expected to continue to be a slow-growing wildfire. Smoke has been present, but has been dispersing well during the day. This fire is also helping create a natural fuel break which will minimize the spread and intensity of large wildfires and the associated smoke in the future. Large, intense wildfires are more likely to produce heavy smoke that often smokes in communities for weeks at a time.
