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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Gina on June 28, 2011, 06:50:29 AM

Title: Firefighters battle blaze at edge of Los Alamos nuclear complex
Post by: Gina on June 28, 2011, 06:50:29 AM

(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-cvr-110627-losalamos-943p.grid-8x2.jpg)

(http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-110608-arizona-fire/ss-110627-wildfire-01.grid-8x2.jpg)

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Firefighters struggled early Tuesday to hold back a fierce blaze roaring out of control at the edge of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a sprawling nuclear weapons complex that includes a plutonium facility.

Flames licked all day at the boundary of the laboratory site, home to the nation's largest supply of nuclear weapons, as fire crews scurried to douse spot fires carried onto the grounds by winds from the leading edge of the blaze.

The laboratory was shut down, and the adjacent town of Los Alamos, home to about 12,000 people, was placed under a mandatory evacuation earlier.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43558540/ns/weather/

 :o

Title: Re: Firefighters battle blaze at edge of Los Alamos nuclear complex
Post by: namvet on June 28, 2011, 09:45:02 AM

the anti nukers ain't gonna like this

Title: Re: Firefighters battle blaze at edge of Los Alamos nuclear complex
Post by: CG6468 on June 28, 2011, 09:55:25 AM

Ever been to Los Alamos? I was less than impressed.

Title: Re: Firefighters battle blaze at edge of Los Alamos nuclear complex
Post by: NHSparky on June 28, 2011, 10:59:19 AM

Sorry, but while this fire has burned more acreage, the Cerro Grande fire back in 2000 did far more damage.

I have a few HS classmates who live in the area and a few who work on site.  They tell me it's bad, but by no means the worst they've seen.