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June 16 Morning Release and Smoke Information (Con’t)
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June 17 - June 17 Morning Release, Fire Map, and Smoke Info
As of this posting the Silver Fire has consumed 23,200 acres.
Visit the official fire site for the latest and best information: Silver Fire Site
Photographs by Bob Barnes, Hillsboro
Above: Helicopter preparing to lift off with “water bucket” from the Hillsboro
NMDOT site. Below: “water bucket”
June 17 AM News Release: Weather Transitions for Silver Fire (9:40 A.M.)
SAN LORENZO, NM Today the weather is transitioning from a mild moist air mass that has been over the area for several days and will be replaced with hot dry air, strong winds and low humidity today. The previous day’s favorable weather conditions allowed firefighters to make progress on construction of 3 miles of containment line. The 23,200 acre fire remains at five percent contained.
A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team is scheduled to arrive Tuesday. BAER teams are staffed by specially trained professionals and scientists who rapidly evaluate the burned area and prescribe emergency stabilization treatments.
Daily public meetings continue to be held each morning at the Hillsboro Community Center at 10 a.m.
Additional firefighters from New Mexico are replacing firefighters that are returning home for rest after battling fires in Pecos, Jemez Springs and San Lorenzo, New Mexico. There are now 586 firefighters working the fire including five helicopters, eight 20-person hotshot crews, five 20-
person hand crews, 16 engines, two dozers and 11 water tenders.
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IN MEMORY OF THE GRANITE MOUNTAIN HOTSHOTS