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CA Firefighters Scramble to Protect Sequoia Groves

CA Firefighters Scramble to Protect Sequoia Groves

By NOAH BERGER Associated Press THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Flames on Sunday reached a grove of sequoia trees in California as firefighters battled to keep fire from driving further into another grove, where the base of the world’s largest tree has been wrapped in...

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Aluminum Wrap Used to Protect Homes from CA Wildfires

Aluminum Wrap Used to Protect Homes from CA Wildfires

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Martin Diky said he panicked as a huge wildfire started racing down a slope toward his wooden house near Lake Tahoe. The contractor had enough time to do some quick research and decided to wrap his mountain home with...

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Firefighters Struggling to Save CA Giant Sequoias

Firefighters Struggling to Save CA Giant Sequoias

By NOAH BERGER and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters wrapped the base of the world’s largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they tried to save a famous grove of gigantic old-growth sequoias from wildfires burning in...

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Firefighters Advance on Fire That Shut CA Highway

Firefighters Advance on Fire That Shut CA Highway

CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters were making progress on a wildfire that jumped across a Southern California freeway and spread across dry hillsides while a new blaze forced residents of a Northern California community to evacuate. The fire broke out Saturday...

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What Are Some Key Decisions in Fighting Wildfires?

What Are Some Key Decisions in Fighting Wildfires?

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Thousands of wildfires ignite in the U.S. each year, and each one requires firefighters to make quick decisions, often in difficult conditions like high winds and lightning. Crews and managers must...

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CA Wildfire Threat High Despite Progress near Tahoe

CA Wildfire Threat High Despite Progress near Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — California could be on track for one of its worst fire seasons ever as hotter, drier conditions across the north raise the threat of new fires or existing ones flaring into dangerous life, officials said. Crews on Tuesday cut miles of...

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CA Wildfire Approaches Lake Tahoe After Mass Evacuation

CA Wildfire Approaches Lake Tahoe After Mass Evacuation

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — A ferocious wildfire swept toward Lake Tahoe on Tuesday just hours after roads were clogged with fleeing cars when the entire California resort city of South Lake Tahoe was ordered to evacuate and communities just across the state line...

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CA Winds Shifting as Wildfire Battles Go On

CA Winds Shifting as Wildfire Battles Go On

By SAM METZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — California weather was heating up and winds were shifting Thursday as more than 14,000 firefighters battled wildfires up and down the state, including a major blaze they hoped to keep out of...

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Officials: Firefighter Dies While Working OR Wildfire

Officials: Firefighter Dies While Working OR Wildfire

OAKRIDGE, Ore. (AP) — A firefighter died Monday while battling a wildfire southeast of Eugene, Oregon, officials said. Bryan Cutchen, Oakridge city administrator and acting fire chief, said the death is suspected to have been caused by a tree falling on the...

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