Tres Lagunas Fire Update – June 11
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Tres Lagunas Fire Update – June 11
Acres: 10,237 Cause: Human Start Date: May 30, 2013; Containment: 70 percent; Location: 10 miles North of Pecos; Fuels: Timber; Total personnel: 783 and Terrain: steep, rugged.
Summary
Today’s Actions: Mop up, backhauling of equipment, and fire line rehabilitation will be the focus of today’s operations. Mop up includes extinguishing or removing burning material near containment lines, felling snags, and trenching logs to prevent rolling after an area has burned. Firefighters will continue to improve existing fireline and build Read More
Jaroso Fire Update – June 11
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Jaroso Fire Update
Time/Date Reported: June 10, 2013 at 1:45 p.m.; Location: Espanola Ranger District within the Pecos Wilderness, approximately six miles southeast of Borrego Mesa; 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.
Note: There is a 1,300-acre area of downed timber caused by a wind event six years ago directly south and east of the fire that is of concern because of additional fuel for fire to consume quickly.
Size: 360 acres, according to infrared mapping, Read More
Thompson Ridge Fire Update – June 11
Smoke from the Thompson Ridge Fire looking west over Ashley Pond Monday evening. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Thompson Ridge Fire Update
Acres: 21,871; Start date: May 31, 2013; Cause: Downed powerline; Location: Valles Caldera National Preserve; Containment: 50 percent; Fuels: Mixed conifer and Ponderosa pine; Terrain: Steep, rugged; Resources: 20 crews, 49 engines, 32 water tenders, 5 dozers; Total personnel: 1,003 and Available air support: 3 air tankers, 6 helicopters.
Very active fire behavior was observed yesterday within the perimeter and will continue today due Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: June 1–June 10, 2013
Los Alamos Police Blotter
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
JESUS ANTONIO VELAZCO
June 1/Police arrested Jesus Antonio Velazco of Los Alamos at 945 San Ildefonso Road and charged him with DUI.
JULIAN GARCIA
June 1/Police arrested Julian Garcia of Santa Fe at 1239 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding Magistrate Court Warrant.
June 2/Police charged Scott Mccrory of Los Alamos at Guaje Pines with possession of Read More
Lightning Ignites New Fire in Espanola Ranger District
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