Search continues in New Mexico for federal firefighter missing for one week

Search continues in New Mexico for federal firefighter missing for one week

Published September 06, 2013
FoxNews.com, Joseph J. Kolb

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  Undated photo released by the U.S. Forest Service shows New Mexico firefighter Engine crew Capt. Token Adams. The experienced firefighter has been missing for a full week.

It has been one week since a U.S. Forest Service firefighter was last seen in the rugged mountains northwest of here but the mood among rescuers remains hopeful as the search continues.
Karen Takai, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service in Santa Fe, said all available resources are being used to locate Captain Token Adams, 41, of Jemez Springs, N.M. Adams, a veteran with the U.S. Forest Service, was last seen around noon on Aug. 30, deep in treacherous terrain searching for a growing wildfire caused by a lightening strike in the Jemez Springs Ranger Disitrict of the Santa Fe National Forest.
The incident has become known as the Holiday Incident because Adams was last seen on an ATV searching for the fire, which spread to 30 acres in an area in the forest known as Holiday Mesa. The fire was later extinguished.

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