McBride Fire
The McBride Fire was a destructive wildfire that burned in the Lincoln National Forest near the community of Ruidoso in Lincoln County, New Mexico, in the United States as part of the 2022 New Mexico wildfire season. The fire was named after McBride Road, near where it ignited on April 12, 2022. The McBride Fire…
Where it happened
United States, as Wikidata places it.
- Wildfires
The record
- Date
- April 12, 2022
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Where
- United States
- Country
- United States
What happened
The McBride Fire was a destructive wildfire that burned in the Lincoln National Forest near the community of Ruidoso in Lincoln County, New Mexico, in the United States as part of the 2022 New Mexico wildfire season. The fire was named after McBride Road, near where it ignited on April 12, 2022. The McBride Fire burned 6,159 acres (2,492 ha), and was fully contained on May 7, 2022. The official cause of the fire was determined to be a drought-stressed tree falling on power lines, which quickly ignited the dry surroundings.
Sources
Wikidata Q111939060 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “McBride Fire”, CC BY-SA 4.0.