AS FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE
TO BATTLE THE MEDIO FIRE
IN THE SANTA
FE NATIONAL FOREST --
ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE
SAYING THERE HAVE BEEN
SOME HISTORICAL
BENEFITS THAT HAVE COME
FROM THE BLAZE. NEWS
13'S JEANNIE NGUYEN
SHOWS US WHAT THEY
UNCOVERED.
SINCE THE MEDIO FIRE
BROKE OUT NEARLY TWO
WEEKS AGO...
1:01:13 nat pop staple
1:01:14
FIRE CREWS HAVE BEEN
HARD AT WORK TO PUT OUT
THE BLAZE.
AT THE SAME TIME...
1:02:36 nat pop of water
1:02:37
ARCHAEOLOGISTS SAY -- TO
A CERTAIN EXTENT --
THEY'RE THANKFUL FOR THE
WILDFIRE.
Jana Comstock - Zone
Archaeologist/SF
National Forest -
1:06:57 "What the fire
has done, is that it's
exposed these features."
1:07:00
WHAT ZONE ARCHAEOLOGIST
JANA COMSTOCK IS
REFERRING TO IS
THIS BRIDGE THAT WAS
BUILT SOME TIME IN THE
1930'S. OVER THE YEARS
-- IT HAD BEEN COVERED
BY OVERGROWN VEGETATION.
Steven La-Sky -
PIO/Medio Fire - 1:37:14
"Because of the fire
going in there, in the
clearing of the brush,
in
order to save this
resource, they finally
exposed the beauty of
this thing." 1:37:22 AT
THE MOMENT -- FIRE
OFFICIALS SAY THE MEDIO
FIRE IS 54-PERCENT
CONTAINED AND HAS BURNED
MORE THAN 34-HUNDRED
ACRES.
AND AS CREWS CONTINUE TO
TRY TO PUT IT OUT --
PART OF THE GOAL IS TO
MAKE SURE HISTORICAL
STRUCTURES LIKE THIS
BRIDGE ARE
PROTECTED FROM FUTURE
FIRES.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT...
1:30:05 nat pop of crews
cleaning vegetation with
machines 1:30:07
Jana Comstock - Zone
Archaeologist/SF
National Forest -
1:20:05 "The next step
is to get all the
vegetation out on the
other side of the
features." 1:20:11 WHILE
THIS PARTICULAR BRIDGE
WILL BE SAFE FROM THE
FIRE -- COMSTOCK SAYS
OTHER HISTORICAL
STRUCTURES THEY'VE FOUND
ARE GETTING DANGEROUSLY
CLOSE TO THE FLAMES.
Jana Comstock - Zone
Archaeologist/SF
National Fore
13:52 "At the curren
boundary that the fire
at right now, we
obably have 5-10 that
uld be impacted and in
e neapimeter."
1:14:02
THAT'S WHY COMSTOCK AND
HER TEAM ARE KEEPING IN
CONTACT WITH
FIRE CREWS TO MAKE SURE
THE FLAMES DON'T COME
TOO CLOSE.
FIRE OFFICIALS ARE
HOPEFUL -- WITH THE
RECENT RAIN STORM -- THE
FIRE
WILL BE COMPLETELY PUT
OUT IN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. JEANNIE NGUYEN --
KRQE NEWS 13.
OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE
FIRE WILL CONTINUE TO
SPREAD INTO THE 2011
PACHECO FIRE BURN SCAR.
SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES
AFFECTED BY THE DROUGHT
CAN
APPLY FOR FEDERAL
DISASTER LOANS.
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