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Date Posted: 14:34:47 04/11/01 Wed
Author: Anonymous
Subject: Mescalero Fire halted

April 10, 2001

Firefighters Halt Blaze's Progress

The Associated Press
MESCALERO, N.M. — Firefighters have stopped flames from moving forward as they worked Tuesday to get fire lines around a 2,000-acre wildfire on the Mescalero Apache Reservation, fire officials said.
Winds that gusted up to 60 mph Monday afternoon fed the fire, but crews were able to keep it from burning more of the south-central New Mexico reservation, fire information officer Karen Lightfoot said. High winds grounded a helicopter that had been helping fight the fire.
Weather forecasters posted a high-wind watch for the area until Tuesday evening.
"Right now, the wind is a pretty big concern," Lightfoot said.
Crews managed to dig a brush-free perimeter around the fire Monday, but officials did not estimate a containment schedule for the blaze, Lightfoot said.
The blaze, dubbed the Turkey Well Fire, broke out about mid-afternoon Sunday in grass and ponderosa pine and moved into areas of pinon-juniper. It is burning in steep, rocky terrain.
Several hundred people are either fighting the fire directly or are working on support efforts, aided by seven engines, five bulldozers and three water tenders.
The blaze appeared to be human-caused, fire officials said, but they had no exact cause.
They said it was not related to a small blaze in Upper Indian Canyon that began Saturday as a fire to eliminate logging debris. That smoldering pile was put out by a firefighter who responded to the call with an engine.
Travel through the reservation is restricted — meaning no stopping or parking is allowed along the roads, including U.S. 70 and N.M. 244. Anyone violating the closure order can be fined, the tribe warned.
Fire restrictions also are in effect on the reservation. No outside fires, including charcoal fires, are allowed, refuse burning is prohibited and smoking is allowed only indoors or in enclosed vehicles.
No injuries have been reported and no homes were threatened, but officials said Monday some archaeological sites are in the fire's path.
The Lincoln National Forest was hard hit by wildfires last year. The Cree Fire near Ruidoso burned 8,650 acres and the Scott Able Fire near Weed blackened about 16,000 acres last May.

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