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Pecos fire continues to rage

poweRob

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Pecos is Northeast of Santa Fe. Smells like smoke everyday now. I just dug up this article so that I could post this incredible pic of the fire for you guys to see...

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Pecos fire continues to rage

PECOS (AP) — Hazy conditions due to smoke from a wildfire burning east of Santa Fe are expected in the region through Tuesday as firefighters work to protect homes and other structures in the area.

Firefighters also are trying to protect watersheds for Santa Fe and Las Vegas. The Tres Lagunas fire has burned approximately 8,500 acres but so far no structures in an area about 10 miles north of Pecos since it started Thursday due to a downed power line. Containment as of Monday night was 7 percent.​
 
That's horrible. I hate fire season. SoCalif is also ablaze, and it's not even officially summer. I live in the boonies, so wildfires scare the crap out of me. This is shaping up to be a bad year. :(
 
That's horrible. I hate fire season. SoCalif is also ablaze, and it's not even officially summer. I live in the boonies, so wildfires scare the crap out of me. This is shaping up to be a bad year. :(

Yeah, New Mexico is the worst of all states in drought. And right now there is a fire to the North in Pecos and a fire to the South in the Jemez mountains. Both are that big. Fortunately, even though there are evacuations there haven't been any deaths or buildings burned.
 
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