page_title: Capitan Gap Fire
hierarchical_section_title: Capitan Gap Fire
caption_attribution_description: English: The Capitan Gap Fire, and the discovery point of the real life Smokey Bear, was at the pass between the Engine and the sign. Tahoe National Forest Fire Engine 731 with Crew (Assistant Engineer Ruben Villa and Engineer Dan Mitchell) were temporarily assigned to the Capitan Ranger District of the Lincoln National Forest in June 1990.
context_page_description: The Capitan Gap Fire was a 17,000 acres human-caused forest fire that broke out in the Capitan Mountains range within Lincoln National Forest, in Lincoln County, eastern New Mexico in 1950: beginning on May 4th. It was named for Capitan Gap in the mountain range.
  While a 24-man firefighting crew desperately dug firebreaks the wind shifted, and the fire jumped the line. The men buried themselves in the earth of a recent landslide, and survived the fire.
context_section_description: The Capitan Gap Fire was a 17,000 acres (69 km²) human-caused forest fire that broke out in the Capitan Mountains range within Lincoln National Forest, in Lincoln County, eastern New Mexico in 1950: beginning on May 4th. It was named for Capitan Gap in the mountain range.
  While a 24-man firefighting crew desperately dug firebreaks the wind shifted, and the fire jumped the line. The men buried themselves in the earth of a recent landslide, and survived the fire.
caption: Smokey Bear Vista Point in 1990, with Capitan Gap in the distance between the sign and Tahoe National Forest Fire Engine 731.
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