ANOTHER DAY … ANOTHER 6-THOUSAND ACRES ARE ADDED TO THE SILVER FIRE IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST. AS OF THURSDAY NIGHT, THE FIRE HAD SCORCHED 36-THOUSAND-500 ACRES. BUT THE CONTAINMENT FIGURE IS NOW 20 PERCENT … UP FROM 5 PERCENT THURSDAY. AND THE EVACUATION ORDER FOR THE HISTORICAL MINING TOWN OF KINGSTON NEARBY HAS BEEN LIFTED. RESIDENTS WITH SPECIAL ENTRY PERMITS ARE BEING ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES, BUT ARE BEING CAUTIONED THAT EVERY-GROWING FIRE IS STILL A DANGER TO THE AREA.
THE THOMPSON RIDGE FIRE NORTH OF JEMEZ IS STILL 23-THOUSAND 900 ACRES AND 90 PERCENT CONTAINED. THE TRES LAGUNAS FIRE NORTH OF PECOS REMAINS AT JUST OVER 10 THOUSAND ACRES AND IS ALSO 90 PERCENT CONTAINED. SOME GROWTH ON THE JAROSO FIRE FROM ABOUT 35 HUNDRED TO NEARLY 39 HUNDRED ACRES.
