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Fire crews, including from local fire departments, increased containment on the 525-acre El Valle Fire to 88% today. Crews have also been focusing on suppression repair activities, such as fixing fences, building waterbars along handlines, grading roads and rehabilitating culverts.  

Forest Road 207 in El Valle has reopened, but Forest Road 714 will remain closed. 

Rain continued to aid crews in their efforts to suppress and contain the fire. A total of 1.61” of rain fell over the last five days at the remote automatic weather station in nearby Truchas, N.M., and no reports of flooding occurred. Weather this weekend and into next week will be hotter and drier than this week. 

Despite the rainy week, fire personnel continue to find occasional areas of heat within the fire’s perimeter as they mop up containment lines. Crews will continue to be on scene this weekend.