Community Forestry
in the South

Urban Forestry South

Author:	Cohen, J.D.
Date:	2000
Periodical:	Missoula, MT: USDA Forest Service. 6 p
Link:	http://www.firelab.org/fbp/fbppubs/fbppdf/cohen/losalamos.pdf
Abstract:	The homes were destroyed as the main body of the Cerro Grande Fire burned past Los Alamos to the north-northeast and then toward the northeast between about 1700 on 5/10 to the early morning hours of 5/11. About 200 single and multi-family structures were totally destroyed or irreparably damaged. Although fire suppression actions saved homes, the high ignitability of most of the residential area allowed numerous simultaneous house fires that quickly overwhelmed the suppression forces.