Contained 🇺🇸 New Mexico

Elk Fire

2021 · NMGNF

Acres Burned

229

Containment

100%

Location

New Mexico

Year

2021

Structures

—

Casualties

—

Containment progress100%

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Final

100% contained at 229 acres. Recovery operations begin.

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