Los Alamos Reporter · Aug 18, 2026

Los Alamos County: Fire Crews Have Responded To Multiple Lightning-Strike Fires Reports

BY DAVE KROEGERPublic Information Officer:Los Alamos County Lightning from the recent storm struck different dead trees on Pajarito Mountain and at BandelierNational Monument, which caused four separate small fires. Los Alamos Fire Department is on scene working to extinguish the three single-tree fires in Camp May and the American Springs area.