Environment Department issues San Miguel fire advisory

The New Mexico Environment Department issued a health advisory for areas of north and central New Mexico affected by smoke from the San Miguel fire in the Bandelier Wilderness and Santa Fe National Forest. The department will place an air monitor downwind of the fire Tuesday to ensure the smoke poses no harm to residents. That’s in response to concerns raised by the public about the fire’s proximity to Los Alamos National Laboratory. NMED officials said they do not expect to find anything out of the ordinary in the smoke. The fire is in a remote area of the Bandelier Wilderness at Bandelier National Monument and the Dome Wilderness in the Santa Fe National Forest...NMBusinessWeekly