CREWS MAKE PROGRESS ON THE PINO FIRE IN VALENCIA COUNTY. IT'S BURNED ABOUT 200 ACRES AND IS NOW 100 PERCENT CONTAINED. DAN WARE WITH THE STATE FORESTRY DIVISION TELLS US THE FIRE WAS STARTED FRIDAY BY A LANDOWNER BURNING OFF WEEDS AND OTHER VEGETATION FROM HIS PROPERTY. THAT LANDOWNER HAS BEEN CITED FOR THE IMPROPER USE OF FIRE AND A COURT DATE WILL BE SET IN SOCORRO MAGISTRATE COURT.
WARE SAYS CREWS CONDUCTED BURNOUT OPERATION ON THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST CORNERS OF THE FIRE … WHERE IT WAS THE MOST ACTIVE. HE SAYS THAT ALLOWED THEM TO REMOVE FUELS FROM THE FIRE'S PATH, WHICH SHOULD PREVENT ANY RE-IGNITION FROM OCCURRING. HE SAYS IT WAS A GOOD SIGN THERE'S NO SMOKE SHOWING OR FIRE ACTIVITY WITHIN THE FIRE'S PERIMETER.
