The Rim Fire, burning on about 5 acres of piñon-juniper land about a mile south of the Colorado state line, was estimated Thursday to be at zero containment.
According to the Bureau of Land Management, the fire was first spotted on Aug. 13 about 7 p.m. and was attributed to a lightning strike. It is on BLM-managed land.
The BLM and two contracted 20-person crews responded the report of the blaze.
The Rim Fire on Thursday continued to exhibit “creeping and smoldering behavior within dead and down and jackpot fuels,” the BLM said.
Smoke will be visible from Ignacio, Navajo Dam and New Mexico Highway 511. People with respiratory problems or heart disease are encouraged to take precautionary measures, and drivers were asked to avoid stopping when passing by the Rim Fire., the BLM said in a news release.
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