Category: Wallow

Update:

Operations on the north east side of Luna were very successful. There was 100 Acre breach of ourcontainment lines on the east side of road 19 on Monday the 21st. Fire Fighters had a good plan in place and

were able to contain the fire with the help of helicopter bucket drops and retardant. Today fire fighters will

continue to construct and hold containment lines north of Luna. There will be a number of dozers and crews

in the area to pinch off the remainder of the fire by tying the fire line into road 220. Structure support will

continue to be a priority and fire fighters will be mopping up areas of the fire today.

The north end of the Blue has fire fighters continuing to hold containment lines as the fire backs down to

road 281. Winds are predicted to be in favor for the fire fighters in this area. Today fire fighters will maintain

a vigilant eye on this end and use aviation support where needed.

Near Stray Horse fire lines were tested yesterday afternoon by northwest winds. A 200 acre spot fire outside

containment lines forced crews to disengage. Helicopters dropped 10 loads of retardant in support of the

firefighting efforts on this end of the fire. Fire fighters will work today to find a good anchor point to tie fire

back into Steeple Creek and keep fire west and north of the Blue area.

Temperatures are expected to rise and relative humidity is expected to go down for the remainder of the

week. Due to wind direction residence south of the fires should expect to see more smoke. With additional

resources and a good plan in place the Team will continue to work at containing this fire.

More Information:

The Fire Information Office for Zone 2 is located at the Catron County Fairgrounds inReserve, New Mexico. For more information about Zone 2 of the Wallow Fire, please call 575

‐533‐6928.Closures:

There is an area closure on the western portions of Quemado, Reserve and Glenwood RangerDistricts. The closure is necessary to protect the public and provide for firefighter safety while working to

contain the Wallow Fire.

 

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Location: Apache, Navajo, Graham, and Greenlee	Injuries to Date: 12
Counties, White Mountain Apache Reservation, San Carlos Apache Reservation,  Arizona;  Catron County, New Mexico	Total Personnel: 3,483  Includes 11 hotshot crews; 50 handcrews
Date Started: 05/29/2011  Cause: Human – under investigation	Residences: 1,551 threatened; 32 destroyed;  5 damaged
Size: 527,774 acres total	Commercial Property: 162 threatened; 4 destroyed
Percent Contained: 56%  Resources: 15 Helicopter; 5 Air Tankers available; 202 Engines; 73 Water Tenders; 19 Dozers	Outbuildings: 452 threatened; 36 destroyed;  1 damaged Vehicles: 1 destroyed

 

Wes,

These are based on the 6/19 IR Mosaic only.  I haven’t done them in a while because I didn’t think homes had been recently threatened.  If I’ve missed something, please let me know and I’ll see what I can do.

There are two of the Luna area.  FR19 is of Forest Road 19 N of town.  NE is of the area between Adair tank and Dillman Creek.  I’m not sure if there are other homes in the area.  If you get requests, try to get Latitude/Longitude, or specific roads.  Google Earth isn’t too good on road names in this area.

There is only one from down on the Blue.  I didn’t see any homes in the area, but I thought I would include it to put some folks at ease.

Laurie

The Blue – 19 June 2011

Luna FR19 – 19 June 2011

Luna North East – 19 June 2011

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See Previous Town Meetings Here

 

 

Eagar Police confirmed to me at 20 June 2011 @ 1029 hours the Pre-Evacuation of South-East Eagar has been lifted.

Photo Credit: John McMahon & Daniel Kramer

 

Additional photos at: RainStar Photography

– Download the full report here – June 20, 2011 0800

Location: Apache, Navajo, Graham, and Greenlee

Injuries to Date: 12

Counties, White Mountain Apache Reservation, San Carlos Apache Reservation,  Arizona;

Catron County, New Mexico

Total Personnel: 3,531

Includes 12 hotshot crews;

48 handcrews

Date Started: 05/29/2011

Cause: Human – under investigation

Residences: 2,714 threatened; 32 destroyed;

5 damaged

Size:  519,319 acres total

Commercial Property: 473 threatened; 4 destroyed

Percent Contained: 51%

Resources: 15 Helicopter; 5 Air Tankers available;

201 Engines; 73 Water Tenders; 20 Dozers

Outbuildings: 1,216 threatened; 36 destroyed;

1 damaged

Vehicles: 1 destroyed

 

Yesterday. High winds from the southwest restricted air support operations after 11:00 am. Structure protection remained in place to protect the towns of Luna and Alpine, as well as the Blue River community. Additional resources were brought in to assist with the containment efforts, and replace crews that timed out. Fire did burn NE of Luna about 5 miles into the Bishop Canyon area. Fire in the Blue River backed down close to the road by the Blue camp ground, and by Mile Markers 26 and 31.

Today. Winds will not be as strong, allowing air operations to support the firefighting effort. Temperatures will be lower allowing firefighters to make progress on problem areas. The fire is expected to back down toward the Blue River. Winds will be out of the northwest which will help firefighting efforts at Luna and aid with the protection of the power lines. The fire environment is much more favorable today but long range spotting remains a possibility.

More Information: The Fire Information Office for Zone 2 is located at the Catron County Fairgrounds in Reserve, New Mexico.  For more information about Zone 2 of the Wallow Fire, please call 575-533-6928.

Closures: There is an area closure on the western portions of Quemado, Reserve and Glenwood Ranger Districts.  The closure is necessary to protect the public and provide for firefighter safety while working to contain the Wallow Fire.