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TRES LAGUNAS FIRE UPDTE Thursday, June 13, 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 NO PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT Acres: 10,282 Cause: Human Start Date: May 30, 2013 Containment: 80% Location: 10 miles North of Pecos, NM Fuels: Timber Total personnel: 596 Terrain: steep, rugged Today’s Actions: Mop up, backhauling of equipment, and fire line rehabilitation will continue today. 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. Beginning tomorrow Friday June 14, 2013 at 6:00 a.m., the current Incident Management Team will be transitioning to a Type 3 management team...