CFD: Grass fire claims about 400 acres

CLOVIS — The Clovis Fire Department estimated about 400 acres burned during a Saturday evening grassfire in Curry County.

Chief Mike Nolen said a cause wasn’t determined for the fire, and it was probably something small like a cigarette.

Crews were first called to the scene on Curry Road 6 between Curry roads N and O about 4 p.m. They knocked out the fire around 6:30 p.m. Battalion Chief Bill Hand said a unit did stay on the scene to check for hot spots.

A dairy was near the fire site. Hand said the fire did get into the dairy farmland, but didn’t get into the actual dairy.