A week ago, 700 miles apart, evacuations of heavily populated areas took place as people moved to safety from possible nuclear disasters -- two flooded nuclear power plants in Nebraska, Fort Calhoun and Cooper, and a raging wildfire near the nuclear lab at Los Alamos, New Mexico.

The rampaging Las Conchas wildfire closed in on sacred Indian lands in New Mexico on Wednesday, burning less than a mile away from the Chicoma Mountain, considered a spiritual center for Pueblo Indians.

... of town. Although the threat to Los Alamos and the nation's premier nuclear research lab had passed, the mammoth wildfire raging in northern New Mexico was still threatening sacred sites of American Indian tribes. Hundreds of firefighters were ...

The Las Conchas Fire is now the largest wildfire in New Mexico's history. It has burned 123,000 acres including the watershed and sacred sites of Santa Clara Pueblo.

Fire officials battling the Los Alamos wildfire say they determined that a tree falling onto power lines sparked the blaze.

Fire officials battling the Los Alamos wildfire say they determined that a tree falling onto power lines sparked the blaze.

... of town. Although the threat to Los Alamos and the nation's premier nuclear research lab had passed, the mammoth wildfire raging in northern New Mexico was threatening sacred sites of American Indian tribes. Hundreds of firefighters were working to ...

By P. Solomon Banda LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- A smattering of summer rain gave a boost to firefighters battling a huge forest fire near Los Alamos, giving authorities enough confidence Sunday to allow about 12,000 people to return home for the first time in nearly a week.Residents rolled into town, honking their horns and waving to firefighters as ...

... the fire. Although the threat to Los Alamos and the nation's premier nuclear research lab had passed, the mammoth wildfire raging in northern New Mexico was still threatening sacred sites of American Indian tribes. Hundreds of firefighters were ...

... of town. Although the threat to Los Alamos and the nation's premier nuclear research lab had passed, the mammoth wildfire raging in northern New Mexico was threatening sacred sites of American Indian tribes. Hundreds of firefighters were working to ...

... of town. Although the threat to Los Alamos and the nation's premier nuclear research lab had passed, the mammoth wildfire raging in northern New Mexico was threatening sacred sites of American Indian tribes. Hundreds of firefighters were ...

Officials have lifted an evacuation order for Los Alamos, allowing residents to return to the town that had been threatened by wildfire last week.

... Santa Clara Indian Reservation during the Las Conchas fire in Santa Clara Pueblo, N.M., Saturday, July 2, 2011. The wildfire that forced federal employees to flee the desert birthplace of the atomic bomb neared the sacred sites of several American ...

... of town. Although the threat to Los Alamos and the nation's premier nuclear research lab had passed, the mammoth wildfire raging in northern New Mexico was still threatening sacred sites of American Indian tribes. Hundreds of firefighters were ...

... of town. Although the threat to Los Alamos and the nation's premier nuclear research lab had passed, the mammoth wildfire raging in northern New Mexico was still threatening sacred sites of American Indian tribes. Hundreds of firefighters were ...

... Michael Shields, eyes tearing up as he returned home to his apartment in the heart of the town. Photos: Los Alamos wildfire The town was last evacuated because of the 2000 Cerro Grande fire. That time, residents returned to a town that had lost 200 ...

... Michael Shields, eyes tearing up as he returned home to his apartment in the heart of the town. Photos: Los Alamos wildfire The town was last evacuated because of the 2000 Cerro Grande fire. That time, residents returned to a town that had lost 200 ...