A forest fire that raced through the Sacramento Mountains in southern New Mexico destroyed numerous buildings at the Sivells Baptist Retreat and Conference Center but firefighters saved most of the camp from destruction, according to Paul Klopfer, manager of the facility.
Klopfer said the fire had claimed the Crusader Bathhouse and six of the eight cabins located on the lower part of the camp’s mountain.
Other camp structures lost in the fire included two cabins, the camp’s well house, lower ropes course, new climbing wall and materials for constructing a third upper cabin, which was scheduled to be built by the next weekend.
In all 128 beds were claimed by the flames.
(BP)
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