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![Comanche Fire 06.22.23](https://inciweb-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2023-06/IMG_0139.jpeg?VersionId=4z0ndJN_U1XMGOVcBo7fN2k4ev_p1_LB&itok=B_1_aMQy)
Comanche Fire 06.22.23
![Fire burns through duff layer.](https://inciweb-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2023-06/image-20230622-190043-f3730f03.jpeg?VersionId=rpq.zCIIl90A5FJCmOzmPeNZfALNgDyy&itok=qltmrB2q)
Fire burns through the understory consuming the duff layer under the trees.
![Comanche Fire Division W Hand Ignitions 06.22.23 2](https://inciweb-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2023-06/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2823%29.png?VersionId=4UlIo41OL5fJpDC8PAvnJev_KSX9tP88&itok=gDAKx_BD)
Comanche Fire Division W Hand Ignitions 06.22.23
![Firefighter standing in the meadow.](https://inciweb-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2023-06/image-20230622-190749-da2cefa7.jpeg?VersionId=aODP0wsvTWNDVPz4dgdlakWW0W1sp6T2&itok=62Q6x019)
Firefighter standing in the meadow.
![Fire burning at the edge of a meadow.](https://inciweb-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2023-06/image-20230622-195548-73912da9.jpeg?VersionId=4zRuE.kVlxSMbaAcpA9wxIyo9z5LIyoO&itok=mq4jTknq)
The wetter conditions this year, have allowed fire managers to utilize tactics with naturally started wildfires that have multiple benefits within the forest. One of which is the reintroduction of fire to its natural role within the ecosystem.
![Comanche Fire Division W Hand Ignitions 06.22.23 3](https://inciweb-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2023-06/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2824%29.png?VersionId=18X5RLm4P2267Qee4ZZVoU3RFFSbZCdI&itok=cPEYLsJ_)
Comanche Fire Division W Hand Ignitions 06.22.23
Aerial ignitions began on Wed., June 21 to add depth to containment lines around the Comanche Fire focus-area.
![Comanche Fire June 20, 2023 from HWY 84 north of Abiquiu Lake](https://inciweb-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2023-06/Comanche%2006.20.23.png?VersionId=dfgSrb6df9YL4NyySI_B_B1sk5rYuFqE&itok=UxCid43d)
Comanche Fire June 20, 2023 from HWY 84 north of Abiquiu Lake
![Comanche Fire June 20, 2023 from HWY 84 north of Abiquiu Lake](https://inciweb-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2023-06/Comanche%2006.20.23%201.png?VersionId=TX6Tv03Gxr5jKdR8ctbFz5cAY.I9aL.6&itok=Fk99LjPO)
Comanche Fire June 20, 2023 from HWY 84 north of Abiquiu Lake
![Comanche Fire Community Open House: July 17, 2023, 4-6 PM El Rito Senior/Community Center State Road 554 House #1115](https://inciweb-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2023-06/PSA_20230617_CommunityMeetingAnnouncement_000136-page-001.jpg?VersionId=twUXzs8l.I5J5evbweSmwMQC9WKrop9u&itok=PMHhTxyi)
Comanche Fire Community Open House: July 17, 2023, 4-6 PM
El Rito Senior/Community Center
State Road 554 House #1115
![Wildland firefighters dig handline with tools. Firefighters are wearing white hard hats, yellow shirts and green Nomex pants. Forest vegetation is in the background.](https://inciweb-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2023-06/Photos_20230616_RioGrandeHandlineGHenderson.jpeg?VersionId=0xyRr1dFmfymdvFbWGoprRVhnR7N4hPw&itok=QvXUJPvc)
Fire crews establishing handline around the lightning-caused Comanche Fire in anticipation of potential firing operations (Credit: Galen Henderson)
![A photograph of a pine forest with fire creeping on the ground toward the left.](https://inciweb-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2023-06/Image-1.jpeg?VersionId=9In03T2gC9dD5gVSaKXAsNhZkxXD4R8s&itok=5MkmFxEd)
The Comanche Fire slowly creeps in the forest understory, consuming ground fuels.