Fire Update

Update as of 11:30 pm 6/5/11 – Fire is 192,746 acres with 0% containment. Number of personnel on the fire is approximately 2,315 including 31 hotshot crews and 25 hand crews. Equipment at the fire 12 dozers, 138 engines, 31 watertenders and 22 helicopters. Storm and wind activity caused embers to spot over the US Hwy 191 resulting in a flurry of fire activity around Alpine and Nutrioso to include Escudilla Mountain. Structural protection and perimeter control continue in the evacuated communities. A red flag warning is in effecxt, 10am-8pm with low humidity.