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Cajete Fire Evening Update for June 19, 2017 (Cajete Fire Wildfire)

Start Date: June 15, 2017 Cause: Abandoned campfire Size: 1,412 acres Containment: 85% Vegetation: Mostly ponderosa pine with some mixed conifer and aspen on the north facing slopes. Resources Assigned: 416 personnel – 3 Type 1 Crews, 7 Type 2 crews, 13 engines, 1 dozer, 3 water tenders, 3 Type 1 helicopters, 1 Type 2 helicopter, and 1 Type 3 helicopter Current Situation: Today crews on the fireline observed minimal fire activity. Heavy dead and down timber continues to burn in the interior of fire. The uncontained section of the fire perimeter is within a snag patch (a section of standing dead trees) in the southeastern corner of the fire near Los Griegos Peak. The standing dead trees in this area, left by the 2011 Las Conchas fire, can fall suddenly, making this area too dangerous for firefighters to enter. This portion of the fire has been holding and is not expected to grow. The helitack crew, a specially trained crew that is deployed by helicopter, repelled in to...