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TRES LAGUNAS FIRE UPDATE Wednesday, June 12, 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 PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT June 12, 6 pm in the Pecos High School Auditorium Acres: 10,237 Cause: Human Start Date: May 30, 2013 Containment: 77% Location: 10 miles North of Pecos, NM Fuels: Timber Total personnel: 660 Terrain: steep, rugged Today’s Actions: Mop up, backhauling of equipment, and rehabilitation of firelines will continue on all sides of the fire except for the east side. Mop up includes extinguishing or removing burning material near containment lines, felling snags, and trenching logs to prevent rolling after an area has burned. On the east side of the fire where it burned into the old Viveash fire scar, crews continue to look for opportunities to construct handline and dozer line. Resources and equipment are gradually being demobilized. Highway 63 is now open. Private landowners who live north of...