UPDATED: Donaldson Fire Reaches 30,000 Acres (Ranch of former ABC reporter Sam Donaldson)

The Albuquerque Journal ^ | June 29, 2011 | ABQnews Staff

[CedarDave]

3:10 p.m. 6/29/11 –The fire on former ABC newsman Sam Donaldson’s ranch has now charred an estimated 30,000 acres, according to the Associated Press.

Fire information officer Jennifer Myslivy said crews are using bulldozers to cut fire lines and are conducting back-burns to rob fuel from the blaze.

Firefighters on the ground are getting help from several single-engine air tankers and a C130 plane.

[CedarDave]

One "primary structure" and several out buildings are threatened but the reports do not provide specifics.

More coverage at this link:

http://www.ruidosonews.com/ruidoso-breaking_news/ci_18376946

[Steely Tom]

Was any mohair damaged?

[CedarDave]

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[US_MilitaryRules]

If he started the fire, give him the bill.

[CedarDave]

Lightning lit it off.

[Cyber Liberty]

Do we get the ship him even more money to cover his loss?

[ladyvet]

Wasn't that ranch the scene of a couple of murders a few years back?

[Uncle Ike]

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Hey, Dave -

I think you’ve invented a FR first —

The LISTLESS PING!!!!

(Congrats!!!)

[montomike]

I hope the chinchillas didn’t get singed.

[montomike]

I hope the chinchillas didn’t get singed.

[Free America52]

30,000 acres? I didn’t know a member of the MSM could also be a fat cat. Who would’ve thought that could happen?

[detective]

Donaldson's wigs are highly flammable. That is probably adding fuel to the fire.

[Carl LaFong]

Sam Donaldson is a Romulan.

[NonValueAdded]

Sam needs to buy some serious carbon credits to offset this one

[detective]

“Sam Donaldson is a Romulan.”

Romulans were highly intelligent and capable of engineering spacecraft for intergalactic travels. They were also courageous warriors. Donaldson is none of these things.

He does look a lot like some of the particularly ugly ones though. Maybe he is a mentally challenged Romulan.

[CedarDave]

I think you’ve invented a FR first —
The LISTLESS PING!!!!

By gosh, you're right! Let me try it again:

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[Doc Savage]

Hopefully the toupee wasn’t singed!

[Lumper20]

He is a nobody these days.

[Uncle Ike]

” By gosh, you’re right! Let me try it again: “

;)

(I sincerely hope that it’s not becoming the trend for Mother Nature to start targeting for destruction the properties of Lefty Absentee Landowners — our only road to town passes through Ted Turner’s “Ladder Ranch”....)

[CedarDave]

Wasn't that ranch the scene of a couple of murders a few years back?

Teen who killed family on Donaldson ranch to go free