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New Service Allows Wildfires in WV to Be Tracked Online

New Service Allows Wildfires in WV to Be Tracked Online

Charles Boothe - Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. Apr. 14—A new service by the West Virginia Division of Forestry will allow residents to access a website to find and keep up with any forest fires across the state. Gov. Jim Justice made the announcement during his...

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Wildfire Burns Almost 700 Acres in Southeast Nebraska

Wildfire Burns Almost 700 Acres in Southeast Nebraska

UNION, Neb. (AP) — Overnight rain helped firefighters get control of two wildfires Monday in southeast Nebraska near the Missouri River. Nebraska officials said after Gov. Jim Pillen surveyed the damage that the fire near Beaver Lake was about 90% contained while the...

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NM Governor Signs Bill to Limit Prescribed Fires

NM Governor Signs Bill to Limit Prescribed Fires

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press Eds: UPDATES: With AP Photos. SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation Tuesday that aims to prohibit prescribed burns — wildland fires set purposefully as a means of forest management — during...

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1500 Evacuated as Spain’s Fire Season Starts Early

1500 Evacuated as Spain’s Fire Season Starts Early

  By JENNIFER O'MAHONY Associated Press Eds: UPDATES: With Spanish prime minister's quotes. Minor edits. With AP Photos. MADRID (AP) — More than 1,500 people were evacuated as a major forest fire raged in Spain’s eastern Castellon province on Friday, marking an...

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Firefighter Battling VA Wildfire Dies in ATV Accident

Firefighter Battling VA Wildfire Dies in ATV Accident

ROSEANN, Va. (AP) — A firefighter battling a wildfire in western Virginia was killed when an ATV overturned, the state Department of Forestry announced Friday. Rocky S. Wood was killed while fighting a 15-acre wildfire near the Roseann community in Buchanan County on...

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NM Lawmakers Seek Assurances Over Prescribed Burns

NM Lawmakers Seek Assurances Over Prescribed Burns

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are looking for assurances from the U.S. Forest Service that the agency is taking preventative measures to ensure that future prescribed fires don't turn into disasters. They sent a letter this...

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Army, HI County Battle Fires at Pohakuloa Training Area

Army, HI County Battle Fires at Pohakuloa Training Area

  Kevin Knodell The Honolulu Star-Advertiser (TNS) Feb. 14—Firefighters continued Monday to battle two wildfires that the Army said began as the result of lightning strikes on Sunday afternoon at the Army's Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii island. Firefighters...

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