PROGRESS MADE ON MOST NM WILDFIRES

 

IT'S NOT NEARLY AS LARGE AS THE SILVER FIRE DOWN IN THE GILA … OR THE TRES LAGUNAS FIRE NORTH OF PECOS … BUT THE JAROSO FIRE NEAR PECOS AND SOUTH OF TRUCHAS STARTED BY LIGHTNING JUNE 10TH STILL HAS NO CONTAINMENT LINES … AND ISN'T EXPECTED TO BE FULLY CONTAINED UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

THE MORE THAN 138-THOUSAND ACRE SILVER FIRE IN THE GILA IS 80 PERCENT CONTAINED. IT WAS ALSO STARTED BY LIGHTNING. THE TRES LAGUNAS FIRE NORTH OF JEMEZ IS FULLY CONTAINED AT NEARLY 24 THOUSAND ACRES.