Isidro Archuleta sits in a donated trailer on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, because his home was inaccessible amid Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire flooding. The deadline is today to file an initial claim for damages from the fire, and a recent federal ruling means thousands of victims could eligible for damages related to the emotional toll the wildfire and ensuing floods caused. (Photo by Megan Gleason / Source NM)
Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire deadline is today at 11:59 p.m. MT.
How to submit a notice of loss:
Download a copy here .
Visit this website
Send it to this email address
Or drop it off at any of these locations, which will be open until 11:59 p.m. on Friday:
216 Mills Avenue
Las Vegas, NM 87701
1 Courthouse Drive
Mora, NM 87732
1711 Llano Street
Suite E
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Now that a judge has struck down a federal regulation that limited compensation only to economic losses from the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire, a New Mexico legal aid attorney is urging fire victims to try to articulate the fire’s emotional toll, if only for themselves.