Government Checks Out Los Alamos Nuclear Lab

The government has sent a plane equipped with radiation monitors over the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory. A 125-square-mile wildfire is burning close to the lab. Flames have forced closure of the facility and put scientific experiments on hold. Lab authorities described the monitoring as a precaution. They said they're confident the blaze won't scatter radioactive material. Lab Director Charles McMillan said nuclear materials are all accounted for and safely put away. Los Alamos is protected by a 10-mile fire break line. One spot fire jumped the line and started burning on lab property but it was quickly extinguished.