Tres Lagunas update as of June 14 at 12pm Total Personnel: 609 Size: 10,219 acres Percent Contained: 85% Growth Potential: Low Mop up, backhauling of equipment, and fire line rehabilitation will continue today. 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 additional direct fireline on ridges and steep slopes on the east, northeast, and southeast areas of the fire. Resources and equipment are gradually being demobilized. The road block on Highway 63 at Windy Bridge Day Use Area has been removed and the road is now open. The public is reminded that the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District is closed to public entry due to extreme fire danger including the entire Pecos Wilderness. Due to heavy fire traffic, residents returning to their homes should avoid driving on Highway 63 before 8:00 a.m. and after 5:00 p.m. Residents are urged to drive slowly and use extreme caution. Electricity has been restored to all evacuated areas.Crews are evaluating work to restore electrical power to Holy Ghost Canyon. Century Link continues to repair phone lines in the area. inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3401/
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:54:25 +0000
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