Wind shifts huge wildfire away from nuke facilities in Idaho

The largest wildfire at the nation's primary nuclear research facility in recent history had been burning close to buildings containing nuclear fuel and other radioactive material but a change in wind direction Wednesday was pushing the flames into open range at the sprawling site in Idaho, officials said.The lightning-caused fire at the Idaho National Laboratory is one of several across the U.S. West.Before the wind shifted, the Idaho blaze got close to several lab facilities, including one whe