ANOTHER DAY OF HOT, DRY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS ON TWO NEW MEXICO WILDFIRES DIFFICULT. CREWS MADE SOME PROGRESS MONDAY ON THE TRES LAGUNAS FIRE IN THE PECOS CANYON. IT'S GONE FROM 5 PERCENT TO 7 PERCENT CONTAINMENT … BUT IT ALSO GREW FROM 8 THOUSAND ACRES TO 8-THOUSAND-500 ACRES ON MONDAY. AND SMOKE FROM THE TRES LAGUNAS FIRE IS BLANKETING SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
THE THOMPSON RIDGE FIRE NORTH OF JEMEZ SPRINGS HAS ALSO INCREASED IN SIZE … IT'S NOW JUST UNDER 45-HUNDRED ACRES AND FIVE PERCENT CONTAINED. A PUBLIC MEETING IS PLANNED FOR TUESDAY AT 7:45 PM IN JEMEZ SPRINGS AT THE MADONNA PARISH HALL.
