The fire was reported at 2:16 p.m. Tuesday and was caused by lightning. Twenty-eight firefighters, two air tankers and a helicopter are working the fire. A heavy air tanker, eight smokejumpers and another 20-person crew are ordered. Smoke is visible from U.S. Highway 160 and nearby areas, but no structures are threatened. A one-acre fire in Cox Canyon on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation had been contained Thursday morning. The 200-acre Navajo River Fire, burning east of Chama, NM, was 20 percent contained at that time. For more information on that fire, call (575) 759-3963.
Pine River Times
30 acres burning between Bayfield, Pagosa
Times staff report
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Wednesday, Aug 19, 2015 2:55 PM MT
Updated Thursday, Aug 20, 2015 12:46 PM MT
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