Update #2: Rio Fire (NM) and Gilles Creek Fire (AK)

I want to take a few moments to update you on the two wildfires that I wrote about last week.

Delta Complex Fire (formerly the Gilles Creek Fire and other fires (AK)

To the best of my understanding, the Gilles Creek Fire has been merged with a few other nearby fires (Big Swede, Healy River, South Fork of Healy, and the Upper Gerstle Fires) under the Delta Complex Fires. The inciweb page for the Delta Complex Fires may be found here. The inciweb page for the Gilles Creek Fire is no longer being update, but there are several nice photos of this fire on the this inciweb photo page. The wildland fire hotlist has created a new thread for the delta complex fires that may be found here.

At the time I write this article, inciweb is reporting the all the fires comprising the delta complex total 27,546 acres with the Gilles Creek Fire coming in at 19,400 acres and 50 percent containment. As I understand it, the link that I have provided from inciweb will link to the latest incident information for the Delta Complex, so the information that I provided here will be superceded by later information.

Rio Fire (NM)

The New Mexico Fire Information Center is reporting that the Rio Fire is 100% contained at 2,200 acres. The fire was caused by humans over the Memorial Day weekend from multiple abandoned campfires. I am not sure how long this final report of the Rio Fire by the New Mexico Fire Information Center will be available. An alternate source of information is this thread from the wildland fire hotlist forums or the InciWeb. As of this writing, the inciweb page was last updated about noon EDT on Sunday, June 5 with a report that the fire is 85 contained. There are a few photos from the fire on this inciweb incident photo page.

A map of the fire (dated June 5, 2010) may be found here.