ACTION 7 NEWS AT TEN. STARTS RIGHT NOW. NEXT TO MY BROTHER’S HOUSE. THREE HOUSES ALREADY BURNING DOWN. WELL, THREE HOUSES IS MORE THAN 170 ACRES LOST TO WILDFIRE FUELED BY WINDS. TWO PEOPLE NOW FACING CHARGES OVER A FIRE IN TORRANCE COUNTY. IT’S A STORY BROUGHT TO YOU WAS BREAKING NEWS AT 5:00. REPORTER JULIAN PEREZ CHECKED IN WITH RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY THOSE FLAMES. HERE IN MORIARTY, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY SHOCKED BY THE DAMAGE THE FIRE CAUSED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FIREFIGHTERS COMING HERE TO PUT OUT WHATEVER THEY POSSIBLY CAN. IN THE MEANTIME, RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ARE WONDERING WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT. I LOST EVERYTHING OVER THERE. SO FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND STUFF HERE. RICHARD PHILLIPS SAYS HE LOST HIS HOME TO THE BLAZE, BURNT DOWN AND NOTHING LEFT. OFFICIALS RESPONDING AS SOON AS THEY HEARD ABOUT A FIRE BURNING IN THEIR COMMUNITY. WE RECEIVED PHONE CALLS APPROXIMATELY 11:00 OR 1130 THIS MORNING OF THE INITIAL GRASS FIRE PHOTOS AND VIDEO SHOWING A PLUME OF SMOKE. RESIDENTS WITNESSED, MEANWHILE, THOSE SAME RESIDENTS WAITING FOR OFFICIALS TO TAKE CARE OF THE FIRE. ON A WINDY SUNDAY, CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS FOR RESPONDERS. I CAME DOWN HERE TO CHECK IT OUT AND THEY SAID THEY YOU KNOW, THE FIRE WAS AWFUL. BUT I FLAMES GOING EVERYWHERE. MY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE OUT HERE THAT WERE EXPLAINING THAT CALL, IT WAS PRETTY BAD. SO WE HAD TO RUSH OUT HERE. THE STATE FORESTRY REPORTS 175 ACRES BURNED WITH THE FIRE BEING 30% CONTAINED. THREE STRUCTURES AND SIX OUTBUILDINGS ARE BURNED. IN ADDITION, ONE FIREFIGHTER INJURED ON THE JOB WHERE HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. MULTIPL DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE RESPONDING TO FIGHT THIS FIRE. WE’VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE MANY RESOURCES TO COME OUT TO HELP US. WHILE RESIDENTS LIKE RICHARD ARE FINDING WAYS TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. I TRY TO KEEP GOOD SPIRITS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO, AT LEAST FOR FAMILY. AND ALTHOUGH WE LOST HIS HOME, HE KNOWS THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT OUTCOME, COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT BE HERE TALKING TO YOU. THE NEW MEXICO STATE FORESTRY DIVISION SAYS THIS FIRE MAY HAVE MULTIPLE AREAS OF ORIGIN. THEY’RE CALLING IT THE ECHO RIDGE FIRE AND REPORT IT HAS BEEN 50% CONTAINED. AND MORIARTY, JULIAN PARADISE, KOAT ACTION 7. JULIAN, THANK YOU. THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. CREWS IN SOCORRO COUNTY ARE FIGHTING A FIRE IN THE BOSQUE NEAR ESCONDIDA. OFFICIALS SAY IT’S BURNED ABOUT 60 ACRES AND IT IS MOVING THROUGH HEAVY FUELS. IT IS NOT CONTAINED AT THIS HOUR AND SMOKE HAS BEEN SPOTTED FROM ABOUT 90 MILES AWAY. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW BIG THAT PLUME OF SMOKE IS, AS WELL AS THOSE FLAMES. RIGHT NOW, NO BUILDINGS ARE BEING THREATENED. AND AT LEAST 250 ACRES IS BURNING IN HIDALGO COUNTY THE LINE, A SHACK FIRE IS BURNING IN A REMOTE AREA NEAR BLACK MOUNTAIN. MANY AGENCIES ARE HELPING FIGHT THESE FLAMES. YOU CAN SEE THAT LARGE FLAME ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN HERE. OFFICIALS SAY THAT PERSON WHO STARTED THE FIRE REPORTED IT AND ASKED FOR HELP FROM BORDER PATROL.