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Jaroso Fire Update - June 12, 2013, 100 pm (Jaroso Fire Wildfire)

Fire Name: Jaroso Fire Time/Date Reported: June 10, 2013 at 1:45 pm Location: Espanola Ranger District within the Pecos Wilderness, approximately six miles southeast of Borrego Mesa; 10-12,000 ft. elevation Legal Description: T19N, R11E, Sec 1 Cause: Lightning Fuels: Fire is burning in mixed conifer, heavy dead and down fuels with pockets of bug-killed trees. The 1,300 acre blow down was caused from a “microburst” (an intense, localized downdraft of air that spreads on the ground, causing rapid changes in wind direction and speed; a localized downburst) that uprooted trees and created a very dense pile up of trees. Size: Currently, the fire is being observed by air but the heavy smoke and intense heat has made it difficult to determine the true size of the fire. Fire officials continue to assess and refine the size of the fire and will share information when it becomes available.; the fire has been determined to be approximately 3538 acres per our evening infrared mapping flight....