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Fire Update for June 30 at 2:00 PM (Con’t)
closed from Kingston to San Lorenzo. For additional information go to www.nmroads.com.
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July 1, 2013 - Monday Morning Fire Update
As of the last official report the Silver Fire has consumed 133,625 acres. 50% contained.
Above: Photo courtesy of US Forest Service. Crown fires on the Silver Fire.
Crews will be monitoring the perimeter of the fire. The Cooney structure protection is in its final stage with only minimal work remaining. Today fuels are expected to carry slower than previous days. Slower
fuel carrying will possibly bring creeping and smoldering in the morning, then transitioning into low to moderate surface fire throughout the day.
The day before a tragedy struck which hit home with great resonance in the black range. Two posts on the Free Range Blog Resulted.
July 1, 2013 - Granite Mountain Hotshots - Our Sorrow
A post by Bob Barnes of Hillsboro.
Granite Mountain Hotshots - photo courtesy of the team.
As a community we wish to express our deep sorrow at the deaths of 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots yesterday. They died fighting the Yarnell Fire in Arizona.
The Prescott Granite Mountain Hotshots were the first municipal Hot
Shot Crew in the nation and were certified as an elite national crew in 2008. They had just finished fighting the Doce Fire near Prescott, a fire which ironically affected some of Kingston’s residents who also live in Prescott, before they went to Yarnell.
Hot Shot crews from around the nation have helped fight the Silver Fire that has burned so much of the Black Range. Their courage and their kindness have been noteworthy and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts.
To Hot Shot crews everywhere - take care. Nothing we have is worth your injury or death.
iN MEMORY OF THE GRANITE MOUNTAIN HOTSHOTS
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