Two fires on the Gila slow down
After igniting Sunday afternoon near Bursum Road, 18 miles southeast of Reserve in the Gila National Forest, the quickly growing Turkey Fire expanded by around 350 acres Sunday night and during the day Monday, pushing its total acreage to 800. However, much like the similarly sized Water Fire that firefighters battled near Mimbres at the end of last week, it is being contained. “Today and yesterday, they did some strategic …