Authorities said on Monday that a wildfire is threatening a nuclear laboratory in New Mexico.

By Staci Matlock, The Santa Fe New Mexican Nov. 17--Fire crews finished igniting the last of 1,500 acres in Bandelier National Monument on Wednesday as part of a prescribed burn and now are monitoring for hot spots as the fire dwindles.

By POLLY SUMMAR Journal Staff Writer BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT -- The only thing that makes National Park Service officials more nervous than an unexpected fire is going too many years without starting one themselves.

By RAAM WONG Journal Northern Bureau SANTA FE -- Federal officials on Monday plan to begin the first major prescribed burn in the northern portion of Bandelier National Monument since the catastrophic Cerro Grande fire of 2000.

By Tom Sharpe, The Santa Fe New Mexican Nov. 3--Expect to see more smoke rising in the west for the next two weeks as Bandelier National Monument begins torching 1,500 acres in its first prescribed burn of the year. The burn will be about 10 miles northwest of the N.M.