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Transcript: Profile: Update on forest fire in Los Alamos, New Mexico
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- May 12, 2000
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Profile: Update on forest fire in Los Alamos, New Mexico
Host: BOB EDWARDS
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon
BOB EDWARDS, host:
This is NPR's MORNING EDITION. I'm Bob Edwards.
Fire officials in Los Alamos, New Mexico, estimate more than 280 homes
and buildings have been destroyed in a forest fire that continues
to burn out of control. The fire was set last week by the National
Park Service to thin out some thick brush on the Bandelier National
Monument. But high winds pushed the fire, forcing the evacuation of
Los Alamos. From Los Alamos, NPR's Mark Roberts reports.
(Soundbite of winds)
MARK ROBERTS reporting:
The high winds snapping the flags ...