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TRES LAGUNAS FIRE UPDATE Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 9 a.m. (Tres Lagunas Fire Wildfire)

Fire Information: 505-757-2952 Media Contact: 505-757-2907 Information for this fire, including maps and photos, can be found at: inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3401 PUBLIC MEETING June 12, 6 pm in the Pecos High School Auditorium Acres: 10,237 Cause: Human Start Date: May 30, 2013 Containment: 70% Location: 10 miles North of Pecos, NM Fuels: Timber Total personnel: 783 Terrain: steep, rugged Today’s Actions: Mop up, backhauling of equipment, and fire line rehabilitation will be the focus of today’s operations. Mop up includes extinguishing or removing burning material near containment lines, felling snags, and trenching logs to prevent rolling after an area has burned. Firefighters will continue to improve existing fireline and build additional direct fireline on ridges and steep slopes on the east, northeast, and southeast areas of the fire. Resources and equipment are gradually being demobilized. The road block on Highway 63 at Windy Bridge Day Use Area will be removed at...