Trigo Fire flares up; evacuations ordered

THERE ARE EVACUATIONS AGAIN TONIGHT IN THE MANZANO MOUNTAINS AFTER A BIG FLARE UP OF THE TRIGO FIRE THIS IS VIDEO FROM CHOPPER FOUR FROM WITHIN THE LAST HALF HOUR HIGH WINDS CAUSED THE TRIGO TO COME BACK TO LIFE AND JUMP CONTAINMENT LINES AROUND 3 P-M — THE FIRE HAS COME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THE UNM OBSERVATORY — AND A U-S FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT TOWER JOE VIGIL JOINS US ON THE PHONE WITH MORE ON THE EVACUATIONS AND THE CONDITIONS OUT THERE JOE SHELTON DODSON HAS BEEN OUT ON THE SCENE OF THIS TRIGO FIRE TWICE SINCE IT STARTED 14 DAYS AGO HE S HERE LIVE TO FOCUS IN ON JUST WHAT IS BEING THREATENED BY TODAY S MASSIVE FLARE-UP SHELTON THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMES ARE WELL DOWN THE EASTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN WHAT WERE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS THE U-N-M OBSERVATORY ON CAPILLA PEAK AND THIS WAS THE SCENE AROUND 3 30 THIS AFTERNOON A WALL OF FLAMES MAKING A RUN RIGHT AT IT WHAT IF ANY DAMAGE WAS CAUSED IS NOT YET KNOWN THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL RADIO TOWERS ON THE RIDGE AND THE 9-1-1 COMMUNICATIONS TOWER FOR TORRANCE COUNTY AS WELL THE OTHER DRAMATIC VIDEO IS FROM THE U-S FOREST LOOKOUT STATION THERE WHICH WAS ALSO THREATENED BY FLAMES IT S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT A FEMALE EMPLOYEE FROM THE MOUNTAINAIR RANGER DISTRICT WAS IN THE TOWER AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE WHETHER SHE ESCAPED OR JUST RODE THE FIRE OUT IS UNCLEAR BUT WE DO KNOW BY LOOKING AT THAT SAME AREA ABOUT AN HOUR AGO THE TOWER LOOKS UNHARMED AND WE BELIEVE THE PERSON WHO WAS THERE IS UNINJURED THIS FIRE IS MOVING NORTH — THE WINDS ARE HIGH AND WILL GET MUCH WORSE BEFORE THEY GET BETTER COMMUNITIES LIKE TORREON AND EVEN FARTHER NORTH IN TAJIQUE YOU ARE ON HIGH ALERT TOM AS WE MENTIONED — STRONG WINDS ARE BEHIND TODAY S BIG FLARE UP– LETS GO TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST LARRY RICE TO SEE WHEN SOME RELIEF IS EXPECTED WE HAVE CREWS ON THE GROUND GATHERING THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE TRIGO FIRE WE LL HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE — TONIGHT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR AT TEN THREE TEENS FROM A UNION COUNTY DOOMSDAY