The Portales Fire Department has informed Administration that a controlled burn will take place at the Blackwater Well Field east of the City, bordered by U.S. 70 and the Cacahuate Road (otherwise known as the Muleshoe cutoff or NM 202). It is scheduled for Monday, April 15, 2019, weather permitting. 

The Portales City Fire Department continues to work to reduce the risk of dangerous spontaneous fires that can cause damage to property, injury and potential death.