The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering an award for information about two wildfires in southern New Mexico that left two people dead, prompted the evacuation of thousands and scorched more than 24,000 acres.
The agency is offering up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the “person or persons responsible for starting the fires” near the village of Ruidoso, N.M, the agency said in a statement.
asked for the public’s help in identifying what sparked the blazes.
Margot Cravens, a spokeswoman for the F.B.I.’s field office in Albuquerque, declined to comment on Sunday evening but confirmed that the agency was assisting with the investigation.
The South Fork and Salt fires began on June 17 amid sweltering temperatures and were still burning on Sunday evening.
Persons:
Margot Cravens
Organizations:
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mescalero Apache, U.S . Forest Service
Locations:
New Mexico, Ruidoso, Albuquerque, U.S