sandra hughes has our report. >> reporter: from the arizona/new mexico border, a gigantic plume of smoke rises above the blaze. firefighters say they've never seen anything like it in this area. already almost 3,000 people have been evacuated, 7,000 people in springerville and eagar, arizona, were on standby until tuesday evening. >> the fire is starting to move again quickly. the winds are very erratic, they're swirling, and getting into heavy fuels and crossed that line where we feel it's safe and asked the folks from eagar to move on out. >> reporter: five structures have burned and firefighters are trying to save more. >> the other night we're doing another night burn and we are literally our backs are to two buildings, people's homes, and i think one of those, you know, had gone down. >> reporter: winds were strong tuesday afternoon but not as are shall as predicted. new mapping shows the fire perimeters appear to be holding. >> last night we went in burnt out maybe about four miles of line and every night's different. >> reporter: the fire has grown the most on the north side which

sandra hughes was there. >> reporter: james brown's i feel good introduced the apple ceo. steve jobs opened the worldwide development conference to cheers and even an audience shout out. >> thank you. >> looking gaunt in his uniform of black turtleneck and jeans, jobs who is fighting cancer was only on the stage a few minutes. >> today we're going to talk about software. we've got some great stuff to talk about. os10 lion, ios5 and some kind of interesting new cloud stuff. >> then he talked much of the presentation to others. this was only his second public appearance since going on medical leave in january. >> it was the worst kept secret but the icloud service was still the big news. jobs came back on stage to launch it. >> some people think the cloud is just a hard disk in the sky. >> icloud stores music, videos and other contents for iphones and ipads online. it also syncs devices without connecting them. it will be free for now. >> they can all talk to the cloud whenever they want. >> lion, apple's new operating system and ios5 were also introduced. >> a lot of energy

sandra hughes reports. >> reporter: an ominous sight, smoke creeping closer and closer to homes in los alamos. firefighters are cutting back trees and brush, they're trying to create a buffer zone of open space to protect residential areas and the los alamos national laboratory. >> as far as our houses, our residents, our county, the lab, we're in the best shape we've been since this thing started. >> reporter: the government ordered air quality inspection. in conjunction with the eps. the los alamos lab already analyzed a sample and found nothing dangerous. officials say the air and the complex are safe. >> i do not believe there is any specific danger to the public from our activities at los alamos. the dangers from that, the danger is from that fire on the mountain. >> reporter: some long time residents are reassured. >> those people who work there, they live next door to me. they're my neighbors, they're my friends. i know who they are. >> reporter: late in the day a dangerous situation was discovered, an open natural gas line very near the ridge where the fire could crest. emergen

sandra hughes spoke with one of the last residents to leave. >> the fire went from nothing to 40,000 acres overnight. it's now over 60,000 acres. it's extremely dry. >> reporter: with the wind picking up and the weather remaining hot and dry, all 12,000 residents of the town of los alamos were told to leave. it's not known what started the fire sunday and it's growing quickly. >> i seriously believe it could easily go to 100,000 acres. i hope not. god, i hope not. there is unburnt fuel out there. >> reporter: fueled by dry woodland and burning out of control this northern new mexico fire has charred almost 161,000 acres, an area just under the size of milwaukee, and destroyed 30 structures. this is what happens when wildfire burns through a forest, wildlife is forced to go near neighborhoods and homes just to find food. but the biggest concern is how close the wildfire is to the los alamos national laboratory, where some radioactive material is stored. >> we have fire all around the lab on two sides. when you ask how close it is on the border, it's a road away. >> reporter: i just sp

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sandra hughes was there. >> reporter: james brown's "i feel good" introduced the apple ceo. steve jobs opened the worldwide development conference to cheers and some shoutouts. >> thank you. >> looking gaunt in his uniform of black turtle neck and jeans, jobs who is fighting cancer was only on the stage for a few minutes. >> today we're going to talk about software. we've got great stuff to talk about. os-10 lion, ios-5, and some kind of interesting new cloud stuff. >> reporter: steve tossed the presentation to others. this is the only second appearance since going on medical leave in january. >> it was the worst kept secret. but apple's new icloud service was still the big news. >> reporter: jobs came back on stage to launch it. >> some people think the cloud is just a hard disk in the sky. >> reporter: the cloud stores content for iphones and ipads on line. it syncs devices without connecting them. it could be free for now. >> they can talk to the cloud whenever they want. >> reporter: lion, the new operating system and ios 5, system for mobile devices can also be produced

sandra hughes was there. she has more on today's big announcement. sandra. >> reporter: this is a week long conference that takes place and it brings software developers and apple lovers from all across the country here what they like to hear is all about the new goodies that apple is going to unveil. but first today the spotlight was on steve jobs health and what he looked like when he came out on stage. james brown's i feel good introduced the apple's ceo. steve jobs opened the worldwide development conference to cheers and even some audience shoutout. >> thank you. >> looking gaunt in his uniform of black turtle neck and jeans, jobs was only on the stage a few minutes. >> today we are going to talk about software. we got some great stuff to talk about. ios5, and some interesting new cloud stuff. >> then he tossed the presentation to others. this was his only second public appearance since going on medical leave in january. apple's new icloud service was the big news. jobs came back on stage to launch it. >> some people think the cloud is just a ha

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officials at the los alamos laboratory say it will remain closed at least through tomorrow sandra hughes is on the scene. sandra? >> reporter: scott, from where i'm standing about a quarter mile away from the los alamos national lab you can see it's a little bit clouded in smoke but where the real problem is over the ridge where the fire is burning fairly close to the property. winds are picking up right now, in fact, officials say they're swirling. that really has them concerned. what also has them concerned, of course, is the town here of los alamos. most people have vacated, it's like a ghost town, but i did catch up with one man, jim durkee, who is living today. >> the fire went from nothing to 40,000 acres overnight. it's now over 60,000 acres. it's extremely dry. >> reporter: with the wind picking up and the weather remaining hot and dry, all 12,000 residents of the town of los alamos were told to leave. it's not known what started the fire sunday and it's growing quickly. >> i seriously believe it could easily go to 100,000 acres. i hope not. god i hope not. but there is unburned

sandra hughes reports for wjz many people in the area are forced to abandon their homes. >> reporter: wind is the enemy in arizona's third biggest fire ever. >> this is exactly the kind of thing we hoped wouldn't happen. >> reporter: the so called wallow fire has been growing in eastern arizona for more than a week scorching more than 300,000 acres of forest. and forcing some 3,000 residents to evacuate. >> we packed up for everything that we could. >> memories. >> memories and clothes. >> reporter: it was standing room only, a community meeting where the fire team commander put 7,000 residents on notice. >> you have 24 to 48 hours, but the way this thing is working, you may not have that much time. >> reporter: so far firefighters have kept the flames from homing in these secluded resort times, but they say dry conditions, lightning and 35-mile-per-hour winds gusts. >> g u s t s -- wind gusts. >> i want to thank all the first responders on the lines. >> reporter: the governor authorized the mobilization of the national guard. more than 2,500 men and women from as far away as new york