Smoke plume from the Midnight Fire burning north of Dixon. Courtesy photo

The smoke plume from the Midnight Fire six miles north of Dixon. Courtesy photo

BY MAIRE O’NEILL
maire@losalamosreporter.com

Smoke can be seen from Taos, Espanola, Santa Fe and Los Alamos from the Midnight Fire In Potrero Canyon, six miles north of Dixon, that was first reported around 7:45 p.m. Thursday.

As of Friday evening the fire had burned about 500 acres and was zero percent contained. The fire was burning towards the edge of private lands in Potrero Canyon and structure protection was in progress,

More information will be provided as it becomes available.