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Fire near Los Alamos grows to 90,000 acres — Exactly where they have 3% of the fire contained is “unclear”

Published: June 30th, 2011 at 8:24 am ET
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UPDATED: Las Conchas Fire at Nearly 90,000 Acres, Albuquerque Journal, June 30, 2011:

The Las Conchas Fire grew to roughly 90,000 acres on Wednesday, advancing northward to the headwaters of Santa Clara Canyon on Santa Clara Pueblo while firefighters improved buffer zones around Los Alamos and Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Albuquerque Journal’s Phil Parker reported this morning.

The fire was still being reported late Wednesday as being 3 percent contained, but exactly where some small part of the fire had been reined in was unclear, the Journal said.

More than 1,000 fire personnel have been requested, the paper reported. [...]

Published: June 30th, 2011 at 8:24 am ET
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