Reply #11: I saw that "controlled" fire before it got out of control [View All]

[bklyncowgirl]

We drove through it on the way down to an Anasazi site at the bottom of a canyon near Los Alamos. The ranger down there was very nervous--he was National Parks Service and the guys setting the fire were National Forest Service and he didn't like it either. When we left, the blaze was still smoldering. It was after five and the workers had left for teh day. As old scouts raised on the premise that all fires must be out cold, we were outraged.

We called the park office but they couldn't do anything except call the Forest Service who said everything was under control.

It was not windy that night (we camped a few miles away) but a few days later the wind did whip up and the fire spread damn near wiping out the town of Los Alamos not to mention the weapsons lab and all the "stuff" they must have there.