Portales firefighters and other aids cleared a fast-growing 30-acre fire grass fire under control just over an hour.
According to Portales Fire Department Chief Timothy J. Cathey, crews responded at 5:51 P.M. Friday to a grass fire about one-half mile south of mile marker 416 on U.S. Highway 70.
Initial crews reached the scene at about 6:09 P.M. and found the fire has spread to an estimated 30 acres.
PFD sent first six people in four units. Cathey says the department called in off-duty at 5:58 P.M. and asked for help from Elida Volunteer Fire Department, Dora Volunteer Fire Department and Roosevelt County Road Department at 6:12 P.M.
An unknown number of structures are damaged and at risk, so crews started protecting buildings and helping with evacuations.
More Portales firefighters brought the department’s total response to nine fighter in six units.
Around 6:58 P.M. the crews got the fire under control and no injuries or structural losses have been confirmed,
