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Thousands of residents north of Sacramento have been told to flee after erratic winds blew embers across wildfire containment lines, the latest setback for already strained fire crews.Authorities ordered residents of 3,200 homes in Paradise to evacuate...
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Thousands of firefighters in southern Australia were on alert Tuesday over fears that strong winds and dry conditions could whip still-burning wildfires into a...
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AP, Bastrop
A wildfire that destroyed 28 homes and a dozen businesses in central Texas was about 70 percent contained Monday, officials said.
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AP, Melbourne
Hundreds of schools were ordered closed and millions of residents warned by mobile phone message Monday that conditions in wildfire-scarred southern Australia could...
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AP, Bastrop
A wildfire fueled by grass, brush and trees has destroyed at least 25 homes and three businesses in central Texas.
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A wildfire fueled by grass, brush and trees has destroyed at least 23 homes and three businesses in central Texas.
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AP, Bastrop
A wildfire fueled by grass, brush and trees has destroyed at least 23 homes and three businesses in Central Texas.
made popular Mar 1 2009
AP, Bastrop
Firefighters are battling a wildfire in central Texas that has destroyed at least 10 homes and two businesses.
made popular Mar 1 2009
AP, Melbourne
Firefighters in southeastern Australia managed Friday to keep four major blazes under control despite hot temperatures and erratic winds.
made popular Feb 27 2009
AP, Melbourne
Officials warned Tuesday the wildfires that devastated southern Australia this month could flare anew when high winds and hot temperatures sweep the region later this...
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AP, Melbourne
With terrifying memories of Australia’s deadliest wildfires still fresh, residents chose to flee rather than protect their homes Monday when new blazes broke...
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Scores of people fled their homes in southern Australia on Monday fearing that rising temperatures and strong winds could fan blazes burning in forests into unstoppable...
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WHITTLESEA, Australia _ In a dusty field not far from towns obliterated by Australia’s deadliest wildfires, a lone bell tolled Sunday as tearful survivors in this...
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AP, Melbourne
Australians held a national day of mourning Sunday for the victims of wildfires that killed hundreds this month, and survivors were promised the nation would support...
made popular Feb 22 2009
AP, Melbourne
Australians gathered at ceremonies large and small Sunday for an official day of mourning for the victims of the country’s deadliest wildfires.
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AP, Flowerdale
Outside the town pub where a light rain is instantly sucked up by the fire-scorched earth, the people of Flowerdale are planning a resurrection.
made popular Feb 20 2009
AP, Canberra
Australian officials said Friday they want to fast-track rules making cigarettes less likely to ignite fires as part of the government’s response to this...
made popular Feb 20 2009
AP, Whittlesea
Survivors who lost everything in Australia’s deadly wildfires appealed Thursday to donors for more work boots and shovels, as their focus shifts from grief to...
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AP, Melbourne
Police believe they have found the bodies of almost everyone killed in Australia’s wildfire disaster and the current death toll of 201 is not likely to rise...
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AP, Melbourne
Police say the confirmed death toll from Australia’s deadly wildfires has reached 200 and will rise further.
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AP, Sydney
Wildfires that swept Australia’s southern Victoria state on Feb. 7 were the worst in Australian history and among the deadliest in the world. Here is a list of...
made popular Feb 16 2009
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A German tourist is nursing only small cuts and bruises after sliding 250 feet down a cliff along California’s central coast. Rescuers said the 20-year-old man...
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As wildfire whipped toward a remote sanctuary of the endangered California condor last month, the rare birds got their biggest test in survival after years of pampering...
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Weary firefighters got no rest during the holiday weekend as a pair of out-of-control wildfires roared across the landscape along California’s central coast at...
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Weary firefighters got no Independence Day reprieve from a pair of out-of-control wildfires that roared along California’s central coast, chewing through opposite...
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AP, Big Sur
Weary firefighters got no Independence Day reprieve from a pair of out-of-control wildfires that roared along California’s central coast, chewing through opposite...
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AP, Big Sur
A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California’s central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening a total of...
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AP, Big Sur
A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California’s central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening a total of...
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Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the...
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Piles of charred rubble smoldered along California’s scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the storied tourist town of Big Sur,...
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An explosive wildfire ravaged the hillsides above this scenic coastal community Thursday, leaving the popular tourist region mostly deserted ahead of the holiday...
made popular Jul 3 2008
AP, Big Sur
Flames ominously licked the ridge overlooking this scenic coastal community, which appeared nearly abandoned Thursday after an explosive wildfire caused authorities to...
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AP, Big Sur
Authorities ordered the remaining residents of this scenic coastal community to leave Wednesday because an out-of-control wildfire, one of hundreds in California, had...
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AP, Big Sur
Authorities ordered most of the remaining residents of this scenic coastal community to leave Wednesday because an out-of-control wildfire, one of hundreds of...
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AP, Big Sur
Authorities are urging residents to evacuate most of the community of Big Sur on the California coast because a wildfire burning for more than a week has jumped a fire...
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Many of the rustic inns, restaurants and art galleries that dot the rugged Central Coast are nearly deserted this weekend at the height of the tourist season as a huge...
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With temperatures rising, firefighters dug in Friday for a long battle against flames creeping toward this storied tourist town.”This is not going away anytime...
made popular Jun 27 2008
AP, Big Sur
Flames from a huge wildfire burning through a national forest inched toward the scenic tourist town of Big Sur, where firefighters rushed Thursday to protect historic...
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California condors were spotted nesting in the northern part of the state! They are seen for the first time in more than 100 years! - According to scientists. It was on...
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