UPDATE 1-Los Alamos scurries to protect nuclear lab from fire
* Nuclear weapons lab closes due to fire danger
* Fire has potential to double or triple in size (Recasts; adds suspected cause, details throughout)
Wind ... Water ... Fire
What's next, an "Earth"quake?
Between the tornadoes, floods, and now fire, America seems under attack from "Mother Nature" otherwise known as 'the Environment'.
"Nature" is another name for G-d.
SANTA FE, N.M., June 27 (Reuters) - A raging wildfire on Monday briefly entered the property of the preeminent U.S. nuclear facility, Los Alamos National Laboratory, a vast complex that houses research laboratories and a plutonium facility.
A mandatory evacuation was ordered for the town of Los Alamos, which has a population of about 12,000. The speed at which the fire has grown surprised fire officials.
"The facility is very well protected from any kind of wild land fire threat," ... the facility survived a May 2000 wildfire that claimed some lab buildings and did more than $1 billion in damage.
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