近距离内射合集

The Frijoles Fire is still on the move, but steady showers forecast through Friday could help wildland crews bring home suppression and containment efforts on the 15,956-acre blaze, which was discovered on Aug. 4.

The U.S. Forest Service reported on Monday that the Frijoles Fire had grown by about 410 acres since Friday, or a roughly 3% increase. Flames remain active around the fire鈥檚 northeastern perimeter and crept into fuel-dense drainages around Sierra Mosca, an 11,801-foot peak in the Pecos Wilderness.

Travelers and residents west of the fire reported a large smoke column on Friday in images shared widely across social media, but fire managers say the Frijoles Fire doesn鈥檛 pose any threats to people or property at this time.

Fire containment has lingered around 79%, and Monday鈥檚 update noted that the lightning-caused wildfire could continue growing modestly this month.

鈥淔ull containment will be a slow process as the terrain in the Pecos Wilderness is rugged and hazardous,鈥� a Forest Service spokesperson wrote. 鈥淔irefighter and public safety are the number one priority.鈥�

After securing the western perimeter of the wildfire, where the Frijoles Fire had threatened several small villages, the multiagency team assigned to the Frijoles Fire has been downsized from nearly 1,000 in August to 49 as of this week.

Those remaining personnel are working in conjunction with local rescue and medical teams to keep the blaze under control while it still burns.

Weather this week could turn the odds in their favor.

Exceptionally warm, dry conditions this summer broke on Monday across much of the state. Rain showers raised relative humidity levels from a parched 10% on Friday to nearly 100% each morning this week in the area of the Frijoles Fire, according to the National Weather Service.

鈥淭hat really slows fire growth as well, so we're pretty optimistic, with all those things kind of coming in line, that fire growth should should slow down,鈥� said Todd Shoemake, the lead forecaster with the National Weather Service in Albuquerque. 鈥淚 guess as far as the actual chances for rain, that they're quite high.鈥�

Those wetter conditions also raise the specter of additional lightning strikes and thunderstorm wind outflows, which can also drive fire growth.

Summer officially ends next week, on Sept. 22, so forest manager are also beginning to coordinate plans for potential prescribed burns and pile burns this fall to reduce accumulated dead and downed debris.

鈥淲e remain focused on this critical work to deliver on the agency priority to protect communities and natural resources from wildfire, but we also recognize that this year's drought conditions may limit, or even pause, the work this fall and winter,鈥� said Fire and Fuels Chief Jamie Long.

John Miller is the 近距离内射合集鈥檚 northern New Mexico correspondent. He can be reached at jmiller@abqjournal.com.