Update June 20, 2013 10:00 am Kingston Residents Return Home “We are pleased to announce the evacuation order for the community of Kingston is lifted at noon today. This is lifted for residents of Kingston only,” said Incident Commander Matt Reidy. “The residents have been very understanding and their cooperation was appreciated during this trying time period. We understand residents have been away from their homes and are very anxious to return home.” Special entry permits will be issued at the Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Department to residents only. The Kingston area will remain closed to everyone except residents until further notice. Reentry into the community has resulted through coordination between multiple agencies including: Sierra County Sheriff’s Department, NM State Police, NM Department of Transportation, Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Department, NM State Forestry, US Forest Service. Several forest closures remain in place. For more information see fs.usda.gov/gila or nmroads. Silver Fire updates can be found on Inciweb at inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3414. For additional fire information visit the following websites: facebook/SilverFireNM, flickr/gilaforest, twitter/SilverFireNM.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:13:32 +0000
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