Fire reported in Pecos Wilderness
Jun. 11—A fire ignited Friday in the Pecos Wilderness and had burned more than 100 acres as of early afternoon, the National Forest Service reported.
The fire, northeast of Santa Fe, was reported as a plume of smoke before noon, said Julie Anne Overton, a spokeswoman for the Santa Fe National Forest.
"We've got resources headed that way," Overton said early Friday afternoon. She said Forest Service trucks had been dispatched and air tankers were being called in.
The fire has been dubbed the Rincon Fire.
Fires this spring also have burned north of Cuba in the Santa Fe National Forest and in the Gila National Forest in Western New Mexico.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
