extremely dry conditions made today's fire near the town of manzano a very dangerous situation. we want to show you some video a viewer sent us that show how quickly a tree went up in flames. our gadi schwartz is here with more on the damage the fire caused today. at last check the church fire is about 65 percent contained- and tonights temperatures should help those containment numbers go up- but there are still plenty of nervousness- around the town of manzano. smoke over a church as the wind blows small flames through brush- the fire has already swept through- large swatches of area- and crews are starting to get the upper hand. residents are out - surveying the damage- i kinda figured this was going to happen for a holiday i kinda figured james lopez is looking for horses that bolted during the blaze. i came to move some of my horses out here and theres still 4 of them missing, they knocked down all of my fences down here so the one structure that went up in flames - belongs to this woman's family. the who 3:25 the floor boards and thew hole inside is gutted and you can see some of the structure is still standing but the inside is burned out." the drought is hard on residents nerves- with so little rain- and bad memories of the dry disasters of the past. 1:23 we had one three years ago and it burned most of our mountain now its burning our fields and stuff. 4:00 it scared us i mean these fires scare us what else can i say because we don't know if they will ever end not with these drought conditions so far fire crews estimate that the chch fire consumed about 40 acres. the sandias are under stage two fire restrictions right now .... meaning no open burning is allowed. the u-s forest service has been stepping up patrols and handing out citations. the minimum fine--- 125 dollars.
