The South Fork fire, which has destroyed more than 17,000 acres near Ruidoso, New Mexico, was caused by a lightning strike, Bureau of Indian Affairs officials said. An investigation conducted by ...

Smoke from the South Fork and Salt fires blots out the sun Tuesday along NM Highway 70 outside of Tilley, NM. (Photo by Danielle Prokop / Source NM) Officials from many agencies responding to the ...

RUIDOSO, New Mexico (KVIA) -- Investigators say lightning caused the South Fork Fire, which burned thousands of acres in and around Ruidoso. "The identification of the point of origin and all evidence ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Fire crews continue working to contain the Lightning Creek Fire, which has burned 2,427 acres about nine miles north of Clark Fork, Idaho, near the Montana-Idaho state line.

MISSOULA, Mont. — Crews are working to slow the Lightning Creek Fire, which has burned 2,432 acres about nine miles north of Clark Fork, Idaho, near the Montana-Idaho state line. The fire, which ...

BONNER COUNTY, Idaho — Forest Service Road 419, also known as Lightning Creek Road, near Clark Fork has been temporarily closed to severe flooding and a washed out road. The U.S. Forest Service says ...

RUIDOSO, N.M. – Wildland fire and law enforcement investigators have determined that the cause of the South Fork Fire was a lightning strike. The fire was first reported on June 17 on the Mescalero ...

This article was published by Source New Mexico. Visit www.sourcenm.com for more on the South Fork and Salt fires. Officials from many agencies responding to the unfolding natural disaster in ...