Los Lunas fire department worried about fire dangers

albuquerque’s mayor is expected to announce new fire restrictions at a news conference in the north valley's bosque where the fire danger is extrem stuart dyson is there right now. he joins us live with the latest. stu. albuquerque's not the only town with worries about minute thumbnail 05:00 pm albuquere's not the only town with worries about the extreme fire danger in the riverside forest - let's head south to see how a much smaller community is dealing with it. the thing about los lunas is a river runs through it - with a narrow but dense forest on both banks. the bosque - choked with forest fuels - leaves - grass - branches and twigs - everything coated with cotton from the cottonwood trees - firefighters say this stuff is like gasoline. " that cotton is extremely flammable minute thumbnail 05:01 pm and we're just worried that any spark that hits it will light the cotton which wil light the leaves and the underbrush and we'll have a bosque fire." " pretty much wherever it leads to - if it's leading to a structure or another tree or something it pretty much acts like a fuse carrying the fire to it - so that's what we're really concerned about." they're also worried about fireworks stands sprouting up outside los lunas village limits - where fireworks that are illegal in the village can be bought - los lunas firefighters - like their brothers in albuquerque - would like to see local governments get a better grip on the problem. " like to see a change in the state law that empowers the villages and municipalities or the county government to have the authority to ban fireworks - if extreme fire conditions exist - like we have at this present time." many viewers were stunned to learn here last night that local governments have only limited powers to ban certain kinds of fireworks - and the state has no powers at all for a statewide minute thumbnail 05:02 pm ban - all it would take is a sparkler to set this bosque on fire - in the north valley stuart dyson k-o-b ey...

Channel: Veoh Video Length: 2m 0s Date Found: Wed, Jun 22 2011 10:55 AM Category: News Date Produced: View Count: 0