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Silver Fire Receives Precip (Con’t)
6 p.m. at the Grant County Administration Building located at 1400 US Highway 180 East. Additional meetings are held each morning at the Hillsboro Community Center at 10 a.m..
Gila National Forest officials want to remind the general public that the forest is open except in the restricted fire area.
Several agencies are assisting with the Silver Fire, they include the Grant and Sierra County Sheriffí s Departments, NM State Police, Las Cruces BLM District, NM State Forestry and NM Department of Transportation.
To ensure public safety, the Aldo Leopold Wilderness has been closed east of NM State Highway 152 from the Continental Divide National ScenicTrail #74 south to Reeds Peak. NM State Highway 152 from San Lorenzo to Hillsboro remains closed. The road closure is for east and westbound traffic from 35 miles east of Bayard at mile marker 16 to 10 miles west of Hillsboro at mile marker 40. Trail #79 and the Royal John Mine Road are also closed for public safety. For more information see http://fs.usda.gov/gila or
www.nmroads.com. Photos above: USFS - Carbonate Canyon
Significant Events Aerial ignition was done around
Hillsboro Lookout the evening of Thursday June 13 to initiate low to moderate intensity backing fire to mitigate against potential upslope, high intensity, head fire. *To date; approximately 15% of Kingston Community perimeter has been secured w/burnout operations.
*Approximately 20 miles of indirect line constructed to date w/additional 15+ miles of indirect line scouted.
552 Personnel are fighting the fire.
June 15, 2013
Burnout Ops Around Kingston This Afternoon (Third Post of the Day)
As of this posting the Silver Fire has consumed 21,789 acres.
Visit the official fire site for the latest and best information: Silver Fire Site
Photographs courtesy USFS. Above: Hillsboro Peak - June 10. Page 22, top left: Wright’s Cabin Structure Protection - June 10
Fire Announcement Posted at about 4:10 p.m. Today
This afternoon firefighters will be conducting burnout operations - through ground and aerial ignitions - to secure the north and east sides of Kingston.
Swcc Smoke Outlook - June 15
Updated 1200 MDT June 15, 2013 Valid through June 16, 2013
Smoke Outlook-
With higher humidities, including the potential rain from scattered
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