Crews are working to reduce grass, shrubs and small trees which could be potential fuel for a wildfire burning near the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

With firefighters bracing for another day of strong, erratic winds, a wildfire near the nation's premier nuclear weapons laboratory and a northern New Mexico community was poised Thursday to become the largest in state history.

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - Crews are thinning potential fuel sources for a wildfire burning near the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.Officials say one team is working in the vicinity of the lab's radioactive waste storage and disposal facility.Crews are using industrial-sized mowers and large-vegetation mulching machines to reduce grass, ...

... at the facility that created the first atomic bomb have been affected by a shutdown caused by a 125-square mile wildfire. Lab Director Charles McMillan, who last month took over management of the lab that sits atop desert mesas, said Wednesday that ...

Los Alamos fire chief: 'It's looking good right now' An operation to burn off vegetation just outside Los Alamos National Laboratory to prevent it from fueling a raging wildfire near the nuclear facility was declared successful by firefighters late Wednesday.

While firefighters haven't gotten the upper hand in a stubborn wildfire burning near Los Alamos, New Mexico, a sense of accomplishment was evident as the battle headed into Thursday.

A New Mexico wildfire raged largely unchecked for a fourth day near one of the nation's top nuclear arms production plants on Wednesday, but firefighters finally gained some ground in corralling the flames.

While the Los Alamos National Laboratory remains under a wildfire's threat- firefighters are finally making some progress.

Officials at the nuclear laboratory that created the first atomic bomb say it could be a few days before they know how experiments have been affected by a shutdown forced by a 125-square-mile wildfire.

Los Alamos nuclear laboratory officials say it could be a few days before they'll know the extent of how experiments at the facility that created the first atomic bomb have been affected by a shutdown caused by a 125-square mile wildfire.

A New Mexico wildfire raged largely unchecked for a fourth day near one of the nation's top nuclear arms production plants on Wednesday, but firefighters finally gained some ground in corralling the flames.

While firefighters haven't gotten the upper hand in a stubborn wildfire burning near Los Alamos, New Mexico, a sense of accomplishment was evident as the battle headed into Thursday.

The view of the Las Conchas wildfire from the International Space Station on Monday.

A New Mexico wildfire raged largely unchecked for a fourth day near one of the nation's top nuclear arms production plants on Wednesday, but firefighters finally gained some ground in corralling the flames.

A WILDFIRE burning near the desert birthplace of the atomic bomb advanced on the Los Alamos laboratory and thousands of outdoor drums of plutonium-contaminated waste today as authorities stepped up efforts to protect the site and monitor the air for radiation.

A WILDFIRE burning near the desert birthplace of the atomic bomb advanced on the Los Alamos laboratory and thousands of outdoor drums of plutonium-contaminated waste today as authorities stepped up efforts to protect the site and monitor the air for radiation.

The nuclear plant that birthed the atomic bomb is in serious danger as wildfire flames inch closer to the nuclear lab in Los Alamos, New Mexico.