LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – The acting Valencia County fire chief reports that a fire in the bosque that started on Friday in Los Lunas is now inactive. Preliminary reports on the size of the fire have it burning 18 acres on the east side of the river and six acres on the west.
The fire was located south of the river bridge in Los Lunas. The cause of the fire remains unknown.
As of Saturday morning, the Valencia County Fire Department says crews are still working on hot spots in the interior of the fire. VCFD also says units from Albuquerque Fire Rescue, Bernalillo County Fire Department, and Los Lunas Fire Department are assisting.
Air support doing water drops near Los Lunas after a fire broke out in the bosque on April 2, 2021. | KRQE Photojournalist Nick Burke 
Crews are responding to a bosque fire in Los Lunas on Friday, April 2, 2021 | KRQE Photojournalist Nick Burke
