8:52 a.m. MDT May 30, 2021
Growth of the Dog Fire in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in West Texas has slowed in recent days. The lightning-caused fire 72 miles southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico has burned 1,863 acres since it was reported May 11, 2021.
Resources assigned to the fire include three hand crews (National Park Service and Texas State Forest Service), four engines (U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Texas State Forest Service), a mule string, and one Type 3 helicopter (Bureau of Indian Affairs), for a total of 86 personnel.
The National Park Service said their objective is to fully suppress the fire, “using natural and man-made barriers to keep the fire within the upper elevations of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park.”
