Overview
- Authorities report the La Cebadilla fire on the Nuevo Urecho–Ario de Rosales border is 100% controlled and 90% extinguished, with teams patrolling to prevent reignition.
- Preliminary figures from the state environment ministry estimate about 1,028 hectares of ejidal and forest land were affected across areas including La Cebadilla, La Rivera and Tepenahua.
- The response grew to 336 firefighters and technicians from Cofom, Conafor, Protección Civil, municipal units and volunteers, supported by a state helicopter using a water bucket for nine drops.
- Fire crews used controlled backburns to remove vegetation in the fire’s path, which produced larger smoke columns, and officials urged residents to avoid the zone, wear masks and report new fires to 911 or 089.
- Earlier updates put containment at about 50% with concern for spread toward the Los Negros ejido, and local leaders later praised the joint effort by Nuevo Urecho and Ario de Rosales that strengthened control.