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Jaroso Fire Update 6/25/2013 (Jaroso Fire Wildfire)

For Immediate Release Fire Facts Date Reported: 06/10/2013 Location: Espanola and Pecos-Las Vegas Ranger Districts within the Pecos Wilderness Cause: Lightning Size: 10,402 acres General Information/Announcements: June 25, 2013, 9:00 p.m. Number of Personnel: 90 Equipment: 5 engines Crews: 1 Type 1, 2 Type 2 Aircraft: 1 helicopter Injuries to Date: None Percent Contained: 0% JAROSO FIRE Fire Information: 505-438-5321 Public Meeting Scheduled for Wednesday, June 26 at 6 p.m. at the Pecos High School Auditorium Tonight residents living in the upper Pecos Canyon will see flames—a fire glow, which gives the false appearance that it is closer than it actually is. The Jaroso Fire is burning in the rugged, steep, deep canyons of the Pecos Wilderness. It is burning in mixed-conifer, heavy dead and down, woody material with pockets of bug-killed trees, and in an area approximately 1300-acres of blowdown from 2007. Today’s Significant Events: Due to active fire behavior...