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Wildfires Wipe Out Natural Places in Oregon

Wildfires Wipe Out Natural Places in Oregon

Grief over environmental loss     By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press DETROIT LAKE, Ore. (AP) — Oregonians are grieving the loss of some of their most treasured natural places after wildfires wiped out campgrounds, hot springs and wooded retreats that have...

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Bobcat Fire Threatens Homes Near Los Angeles

Bobcat Fire Threatens Homes Near Los Angeles

Wildfire is one of the largest ever in Los Angeles County     By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An enormous wildfire that churned through mountains northeast of Los Angeles and into the Mojave Desert was still threatening homes on...

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Oregon Wildfire Death Toll Increases to Nine

Oregon Wildfire Death Toll Increases to Nine

Five people are listed as missing     By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The number of fatalities from Oregon’s recent wildfires has increased to nine people, the state's Office of Emergency Management confirmed Monday....

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Wind Complicates Efforts to Fight Wyoming Wildfire

Wind Complicates Efforts to Fight Wyoming Wildfire

Mullen Fire has burned at least 21 square miles     CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gusty winds complicated firefighters' efforts Monday to get ahead of a wildfire burning toward cabins and an important water supply reservoir in southeastern Wyoming. The fire in...

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USFA: California On-Duty Death

USFA: California On-Duty Death

Squad Boss dies fighting El Dorado Fire     United States Fire Administration The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Firefighter Charles Morton, 39, of the San Bernardino National Forest, Big Bear Hotshots, on September 17,...

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Wind, Low Humidity Help California’s Bobcat Fire Grow

Wind, Low Humidity Help California’s Bobcat Fire Grow

Wildfire has doubled in size     By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The destruction wrought by a wind-driven wildfire in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles approached 156 square miles (404 square kilometers) Sunday, burning structures,...

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