our nation s best known nuclear weapons lab reopened today after that raging wildfire shut it down more than a week ago. the flames spread dangerously close to the loss ai los alamos national laboratory in new mexico. officials say the radio accordance ittive materials inside are now safe. crews north of santa fe working to get the fire under control. at last check, officials said they had it 30% contained. a small plane crashes right next to a home and that tops our news across america. california, authorities say the pilot and his passengers survived after their single engine cessna lost power and hit the ground nose first right between a house and fence northeast of los angeles. this woman was inside that home
place near times square. he was indicted by a grand jury. may 23, dna samples came back as a positive match with strauss-kahn. june 6 he pled not guilty and was placed unhouse arrest in an apartment in manhattan. the international monetary fund wasted little time replacing strauss-kahn. thanother fox news alert. a raging wildfire near america s premiere nuclear weapons lab is the largest in u.s. history. so far nearly 104,000 acres scorched. the fire only 4% contained.
and her defense team a little too hard, trace. trace: holly bristow from wofl. holly, thanks very much, holly bristow from our fox affiliate down there in central florida. continuing coverage, of course tomorrow at the casey anthony murder trial. tune into studio b 3:00 eastern, 2:00 central. we have reporters and producers inside and outside the courtroom. and our legal team of experts to break it all town. that is studio b 3:00 eastern time. we have a wildfire alert now and a massive forest fire threatening america s best known nuclear weapons lab. it s reportedly on the verge of becoming the largest fire in new mexico state history. it s called the loskoco fire. fire crews say they re confident they can protect the facility. this is a fast-moving fire. at last report, scorching nearly
today, it is still hot, it is still dry and as you look on the hillside behind me, you can see fresh smoke, that is off in the distance but only 2 miles away from us we re on the edge of the los alamos national lab property and down that ridge a slew of homes surrounded by trees, but the biggest concerns are the winds, expecting to gust to 45 miles per hour today and a massive nuclear storage facility on the southern edge of the lab property just two or 3 miles from the fire. crews are clearing vegetation right now in that area and yesterday, they set backfires, creating a 10-mile long buffer between the fire and the nuclear weapons lab, low grade radioactive waste is stored in 55-gallon steel drums in a vault underground. lab officials say they are pare proof. as fireproof. as a precaution and to address fears the federal government flew special radioactive detecting planes through the smoke yesterday and the readings, thankfully, were normal. the fire chief says there s only about
billion euros or near 158 billion u.s. dollars in order to help bail out their collapsed economy. and now to the latest on the wildfires in new mexico. there s been growing concern surrounding the los alamos nuclear weapons lab. with the latest on the precarious situation we go now to nbc s janet shamlian in los alamos. reporter: smoke is just blanketing the community today. we see the national guards men around town. everybody s wearing a mask on their face. they are going to be testing the air quality here today. in terms of the fire, a little bit of good news. still a large fire. only 3% contained. so there s significant work ahead of them. but it slowed slightly overnight and it didn t advance any further on the los alamos national lab which, of course, is a big concern because of the