June 26. Big Springs Fire. On the 25th we staged in Ruidoso. When we arrived on the Big Springs fire several hotshot crews had already been working for several days. They were in the middle of a burnout and Gila was the odd man out. My squad staged in our trucks for spot fires off a road while the other squad IA's some 20 spot fires that had just started. This picture is from the buggy as we patrolled the line.