The members of an extended family nearly lost their homes this afternoon after a brush fire on their property destroyed multiple structures and vehicles, and sent three people, including a firefighter, to the hospital.
San Juan County fire department units responded at about 5:15 p.m. today to reports of a brush fire near several homes along County Road 7010, about 2 1/2 miles east of the intersection of County Road 7010 and N.M. Highway 371, according to San Juan County Fire Chief Craig Daughtery. Firefighters from five San Juan County Fire Department districts, the Farmington Fire Department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Navajo Nation Fire Department responded to the fire.