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Evening update June 4th 10PM (Tres Lagunas Fire Wildfire)

TRES LAGUNAS FIRE UPDATE Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 10:00 p.m. Fire Information: 505-757-2952 Media Contact: 505-757-2907 Information for this fire, including maps, can be found at: inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3401 Acres: 9,000 Start Date: May 30, 2013 Cause: downed power line Location: 10 miles North of Pecos, NM Containment: 15% Fuels: Timber Total personnel: 757 Terrain: steep, rugged PUBLIC MEETING TOMORROW: 6 p.m. at the Pecos High School Today’s Actions: Crews were in Holy Ghost Canyon today providing structure protection. The hoses that were laid a few days earlier in the canyon were used to provide sprinklers for building protection. Although fire is near some of the structures in the Holy Ghost Canyon no structures have burned. A spot fire on the NE side of Holy Ghost canyon grew to about 250 acres. Helicopters and a Single Engine Airtanker dropped 35,000 gallons of fire retardant most of the day to slow its growth until fire behavior forced aircraft to disengage....