This fire went from 0 to 50, 000 acres in under 24 hours!!! think about it!

Los Alamos with over 11, 000 employees in number. It’s the biggest employer in northern New Mexico, generates a significant amount of gross receipts tax for the state, educates a lot of grad students and postdocs aside from doing its core research.

A huge facility with everything from nuclear physics to ice sheet and oceanographic research, space physics, seismology, geothermal energy research, solar…..mostly all you ever hear about in the media is the weapons part but there’s a lot more going on at Los Alamos Nuclear Labs.

Posted on the official site:

6/27/2011 15:25 – Los Alamos National Laboratory emergency officials have announced that the Lab will remain closed on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 because of risks presented by the Las Conchas wild fire and the staged, mandatory evacuation of the Los Alamos town site. A one-acre spot fire was reported in Water Canyon, within Technical Area 49, on the Lab’s southwestern boundary. Reports from the field say the fire has jumped to the north across New Mexico State Route 4. More details will follow as soon as they are available. The Lab is supporting Los Alamos County as it conducts a staged, mandatory evacuation of the town site. Los Alamos County residents should tune to 1610-AM for updated information. A Joint Information Center has been established at the Regional Development Corporation, 2209 Miguel Chavez Rd. in Santa Fe. Media should call 505-820-1226 for updates and monitor www.nmfireinfo.com for official fire updates.