Helicopter image on Laguna Incident from July 13th - looking South7-14-2025: Command of the Laguna Fire was transferred to Southwest Area Incident Management Team 1 at 0600. Resources are currently working to fully suppress the Laguna Fire.
7-12-2025: A Region 3 Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) has been ordered for the Laguna Wildfire. Firefighting crews, engines, and helitankers are actively suppressing a spot fire that was discovered yesterday outside containment lines near Laguna Peak. Additional engine resources are patrolling the wildfire perimeter. Two heavy helitankers and two air tankers provided additional support before strong winds began to surface. Intense downdraft winds from a storm caused the fire to spread east and northeast.
7-11-2025: Fire crews conducted mop-up operations while interior pockets of vegetation continued to burn. Mop-up involves extinguishing or removing burning material along or near the control line, felling snags, or moving logs so they won't roll downhill.
This evening, a spot fire was discovered outside the containment lines near Laguna Peak. Fire crews are actively engaged in full suppression efforts using hotshot crews, engines, and helicopters to drop water.
7-10-2025: Fire crews continued coordinated strategic firing operations by utilizing both hand and aerial ignition. Fire crews added additional prep work on control lines.
7-9-2025: Fire crews continued strategic firing operations by utilizing both hand and aerial ignition to further buffer the northern boundary while hand firing control lines all the way to the southern boundary and bringing fire west towards Forest Road 8.
7-8-2025: Fire crews continued strategic firing operations to create buffer zones along the northern and southern boundary of the wildfire and west to Forest Road 8. The fire produced a significant smoke column during the afternoon and evening hours.
7-7-2025: Fire crews continued firing operations to create buffer zones along the northern boundary of the wildfire. They used both hand and aerial ignition to strengthen containment lines.
7-6-2025: Fire crews concentrated their firing operations south of Laguna Peak, focusing on the east side of Forest Road 8 down to Forest Road 8KD. They completed both aerial and hand firing along the remaining northern control line.
7-5-2025: Crews continued firing operations on the east side of the incident working west to FR 169.
7-4-2025: Fire crews focused their efforts on reinforcing containment lines across the wildfire area. With the drier conditions following yesterday's rain, firing operations were able to continue across the fire perimeter.
7-3-2025: A public Open House will be held tonight 5-7pm at Coronado High School in Gallinas, NM.
7-2-2025: Closure Order 03-10-01-25-08 is in place and includes all National Forest System lands, roads, and trails within Township 24N Range 1E Sections 1,2,11,12,13,14,23,24,25,26 and Township 24N Range 2E Sections 4-9 and Sections14-32 and Township 25N Range 1E Sections 25,35,36 and Township 25N Range 2E Sections 30-32 of the New Mexico Principal Meridian within the Coyote Ranger District. The purpose of this Order is to protect the public's health and safety during firefighting operations for the Laguna Wildfire. See attached map for the closure area.
6-30-2025: The Santa Fe National Forest plans to manage the Laguna Wildfire. The wildfire is burning in areas that have historic burned areas and previous prescribed fire. Fire managers will start firing operations as early as this week with the aim of restoring the ecological process of fire across approximately 13,000 acres of forest land.
6-28-2025 and 6-29-2025: Over the weekend fire crews were prepping containment lines. Fire increased in size to 50 acres
6-27-2025: Fire size increased to 25 acres.
6-26-2025: Fire increased to 0.5 acres and smoke was visible.
6-25-2025: Smoke was reported within the Coyote Ranger District and fire resources responded.