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Highlights: Please avoid areas still in “Set” status unless you are a resident of those areas under evacuation notice. Unnecessary traffic poses a hazard to firefighters, personnel, equipment operators, and the public. Property owners whose properties have sustained damage from fire suppression activities are asked to fill out the online Property Owner Suppression Repair Survey: https://tinyurl.com/suppressionrepair.

Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fires June 6, 2022, Daily Update, 08:00 AM Highlights: The fire burning in the Pecos Wilderness remains a high priority. In addition, mop-up, patrol, and suppression repair activities will continue to occur around the fire perimeter. Crews and heavy equipment will be working to repair dozer and hand line constructed during active suppression by breaking down dirt berms, naturalizing firelines and placing woody debris over the newly repaired lines to minimize erosion.

Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon FiresJune 5, 2022, Daily Update, 08:00 AMAcres: 317,571 | Containment: 65% | Total personnel: 2,843 | Start Date: Hermits Peak: April 6, 2022; Calf Canyon: April 19, 2022 | Cause: Hermits Peak: Spot fires from prescribed burn; Calf Canyon: Holdover fire from prescribed pile burn | Location: Located near Gallinas Canyon | Fuels: Heavy mixed conifer, ponderosa pine, brush, and grass  

Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon FiresJune 4, 2022, Daily Update, 08:00 AM

Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fires

Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fires

Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fires June 1, 2022, Daily Update, 08:00AMAcres: 315,830 | Containment: 54% | Total personnel: 3,080 | Start Date: Hermits Peak: April 6, 2022; Calf Canyon: April 19, 2022 Cause: Hermits Peak: Spot fires from prescribed burn; Calf Canyon: Holdover fire from prescribed pile burn Location: Located near Gallinas CanyonFuels: Heavy mixed conifer, ponderosa pine, brush, and grass   

Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fires May 31, 2022, Daily Update, 08:00AMAcres: 315,627 | Containment: 50% | Total personnel: 3,065

Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon FiresMay 30, 2022, Daily Update, 08:00AMAcres: 315,223 | Containment: 50% | Total personnel: 2,989Start Date: Hermits Peak: April 6, 2022; Calf Canyon: April 19, 2022 auCause: Hermits Peak: Spot fires from prescribed burn; Calf Canyon: Holdover fire from prescribed pile burnLocation: Located near Gallinas CanyonFuels: Heavy mixed conifer, ponderosa pine, brush, and grass

Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fires May 29, 2022, Daily Update, 08:00AMAcres: 314,750 | Containment: 50% | Total personnel: 3,001 Start Date: Hermits Peak: April 6, 2022; Calf Canyon: April 19, 2022 Cause: Hermits Peak: Spot fires from prescribed burn; Calf Canyon: Holdover fire from prescribed pile burn Location: Located near Gallinas Canyon Fuels: Heavy mixed conifer, ponderosa pine, brush, and grass