THE SILVER FIRE IN NEW MEXICO'S GILA NATIONAL FOREST BALLOONS AGAIN. IT'S NOW BURNING 101-THOUSAND-311 ACRES … UP FROM ABOUT 92 THOUSAND ACRES ON THURSDAY. THE FIRE IS STILL ONLY 20 PERCENT CONTAINED. FIRE INFORMATION OFFICER DENISE OTTAVIANO SAYS THAT'S DUE TO NEW FIRE GROWTH AND EXPANSION ON THE NORTHWEST END OF THE FIRE.
ITS GROWTH POTENTIAL AND BEHAVIOR ARE RATED AS HIGH TO EXTREME. LIGHTNING STARTED THIS FIRE BACK ON JUNE 7TH NEAR KINGSTON, AN HISTORIC MINING TOWN IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO.
A FIRE BURNING OUT OF CONTROL IN THE SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST IS BECOMING MORE TROUBLESOME. THE JAROSO FIRE IN THE PECOS WILDERNESS HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN SIZE THIS WEEK, AND IS NOW MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND ACRES. FOREST SPOKESWOMAN DOLORES MAESE SAYS THERE'S NO CONTAINMENT, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE FIREFIGHTERS ON THE GROUND. MAESE TELLS 770 KKOB THE FIRE WILL LIKELY STAY AT ZERO CONTAINMENT UNTIL THE AREA GETS SOME RAIN.
