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Jaroso Fire Update - June 14, 2013 10:00 am (Jaroso Fire Wildfire)

Fire Facts: Date Reported: 06/10/2013 Location: Espanola Ranger District within the Pecos Number of Personnel: 47 members of the team that are developing the long term suppression strategy.Wilderness, approx. 6 miles southeast of Borrego Equipment: No ground equipment at this time.Cause: Lightning Aircraft: Local resources presently being used.Size: 3,538 acres (not updated, there was no flight over fire last night due to thunder storms) Injuries to Date: None Percent Contained: 0% General Information/Announcements: The Southwest Type 1 Incident Management Team, Tony Sciacca Incident Commander, continues with its immediate objective to develop a long term strategy for suppression of the fire outside of the wilderness boundary. Presently the fire is burning in an area that is inaccessible to ground resources. Placing firefighters in this area is an unacceptable risk to them. Tactics will be developed that will allow firefighters to safely suppress the fire with the greatest chance of...