Wildfire expected to grow “indefinitely” — Firefighters said yesterday was a “make or break day” but fire has refused to be tamed
ENENews.com
June 29th, 2011
Las Conchas Fire Now 3 Percent Contained, Albuquerque Journal, June 29, 2011:
[...] The Albuquerque Journal’s Phil Parker reported from Los Alamos this morning that the campfire smell in town was the strongest there since the fire began on Sunday. [...]
Firefighters had looked to Tuesday as a “make or break day” in their struggle to keep the fast-growing fire from the now-nearly deserted city of 12,000, but the fire refused to be tamed [...]
Deputy incident commander Mike Bradley said Tuesday he expects the Las Conchas Fire to grow indefinitely [...]
And weather forecasters are saying that firefighters battling blazes near Los Alamos and elsewhere in northern New Mexico can expect more of the same troubling weather today — hot, dry and windy conditions [...]