Cerro Grande Fire 10 + years later

In early May of 2000, a prescribed burn in Bandelier National Monument broke containment, eventually burning about 48,000 acres, destroying 235 homes. For a retrospective, including photos, KRQE has a webpage with links to photos, a couple of video reports, including the one I embedded above, and other information marking the tenth anniversary (in early May) of this fire. The first tanker you see looks like it is a P2V-5 (from Neptune Aviation?) and the second tanker appears to be a PB4Y-2.

The fire threatened but did not burn Los Alamos National Labs, they have a webpage with links to information about the fire. Here is a link to the Wildland Fire Staff Ride Library page on the Cerro Grande Fire. The Los Alamos Amateur Radio Club was involved with emergency communications during this fire, you may find their report on this fire here. Wikipedia has an entry devoted to the Cerro Grande Fire.