UPDATE: According to Incident Commander Eugene Rodriguez of the Fort Bayard Volunteer Fire Rescue, the Faywood Hotsprings fire was started when a backhoe hit an overhead power line, which started a grass fire, which set an estimated 40' x 50' shop building ablaze. The building was a total loss.

Rodriguez told the Beat that a combined four engines, four tenders, and 20-21 firefighters responded to the fire. No injuries were reported.

By Roger Lanse

First reports from the Grant County Sheriff's Office, the Upper Mimbres Volunteer Fire Rescue, and Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority, describe an electrical fire that fully engulfed a shop building at the Faywood Hotsprings on Highway 61 today, Oct. 3, 2023. The hot springs is located near the junction of Highway 180.

The volunteer fire departments at Upper Mimbres, Lower Mimbres, Whiskey Creek, and Ft. Bayard, were involved in suppressing the fire, according to UMVFD staff. They were paged out at about 2 p.m. and were still on scene at 4 p.m. mopping up.