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Air tanker seen from Hondo over the Donaldson Fire on Saturday July 2.  Photo submitted to KRQE.com ReportIt!

Fight against Sacramento fires continues

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Donaldson Fire plume seen Saturday July 2 from Ruidoso Downs.  Photo by Stevie Garrison submitted to KRQE.com ReportIt!

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Fight against Sacramento fires ongoing

Updated: Saturday, 02 Jul 2011, 6:54 PM MDT
Published : Saturday, 02 Jul 2011, 6:54 PM MDT

HONDO, N.M. (KRQE) - Fire crews continue to battle two other major fires burning in the Sacramento Mountains in southern New Mexico.

More than 400 people are fighting the Donaldson Fire south of Hondo in Lincoln County where evacuation orders have been lifted.

More than 90,000 acres have burned in that blaze, which is about 10 miles east of Ruidoso. The Donaldson Fire is 30 percent contained.

Rain helped fire crews make major progress on the Little Lewis Fire southeast of Cloudcroft.

That fire burned more than 1,000 acres and is 70 percent contained.

All evacuations have been lifted there, too.


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