MESA VERDE RECEIVES FIRE RETARDANT CLEANUP

From: Rocky Mountain News | Date: November 26, 2002| Author: Ellen Miller SPECIAL TO THE NEWS | Copyright information

Parts of Mesa Verde National Park are getting a bath to clean up fire retardant that was dumped on the Long Mesa Fire in July.

Using wet brushes and a mild borax solution, crews are scrubbing historic sandstone structures and some archaeological sites to rid them of the red stain.

"It permeates sandstone, which is very porous," said Tessy Shirakawa, public information officer for the park in southwestern Colorado.

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