After McBride Fire, Ruidoso business is mixed
Robert Duncan, owner of Upper Canyon Lodging, surveys his brother Chuck Duncan’s cabin after a fallen pine tree caused heavy damage to it on May 31 as the town of Ruidoso slowly recovers after April wildfire. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal)
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RUIDOSO – Standing at the top of McBride Drive in Ruidoso, the path of the recent wildfire seems almost random. Gleaming houses with manicured lawns sit directly next to piles of charred rubble with only chimneys left standing.
Just like the houses overlooking Gavilan Canyon Road on the village’s east side, where the wildfire ripped through in April, businesses in Ruidoso were met with a similarly scattered fate.
Some businesses lost all in the McBride Fire, which burned nearly 6,200 acres, destroyed more than 200 homes and left two people dead. Others are moving ahead as usual with the start of the summer…
