River Fire

Active

Santa Fe County, New Mexico · Discovered August 20, 2026

0.3 acres

Size

Contained

24h growth

Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 18 hours ago

Current situation

River Fire

Active fire

Air quality · Good

AQI 8

The River Fire fire has burned 0.3 acres in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. Officials have not reported a containment figure yet. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 8).

Latest official update

August 6, 2026

The Frijoles Fire, which started August 4th due to a lightning strike, is burning in steep terrain 5 miles west of Sierra Mosca, 3 miles southeast of Cundiyo, NM. Firefighter and public safety are the number 1 objective and the fire is being handled as a full suppression incident.In order to facilitate safe and efficient suppression efforts the public is asked to avoid the area of the fire and the Santa Cruz Overlook Rd and Campground.Aviation operations in support of suppression efforts are occurring at Nambe Lake and Santa Cruz Lake. Please be aware of your surroundings while recreating in…

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Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb (inciweb.wildfire.gov).

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