A Taos County resident burning brush along his irrigation ditch sparked a fire near Vadito Wednesday afternoon (April 18) that burned a mobile home, garage and sheds before firefighters were able to contain the blaze, according to Taos County officials.
The man was burning along the acequia to clean it, but Taos County has a burn ban in effect until at least May 1 due to dry conditions. "This is an example of why we have burn ban is in effect," said Taos County manager Leandro Cordova. "With conditions as they are, it does not take much for a fire to get out of hand.
We have used many resources to fight this fire, which could have been avoided if the burn ban had been followed."