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Malden, WA Residents Await Federal Aid after Babb Fire

Malden, WA Residents Await Federal Aid after Babb Fire

Wildfire destroyed 80% of the homes     MALDEN, Wash. (AP) — Nearly three months after a wildfire destroyed 80% of the homes in Malden, residents are still waiting for aid from the federal government. The Babb Fire ravaged the Whitman County towns of Malden...

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Video: California’s Cypress Fire

Video: California’s Cypress Fire

Aircraft at work over Fontana     564 Fire The Cypress Fire as it approached Sierra Ave in south Fontana. CAL FIRE & Riverside County Fire along with other agencies kept the fire from jumping across Sierra Ave. Nice aircraft show with drops from air...

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Nevada Wildfire Victims Share Varied Stories

Nevada Wildfire Victims Share Varied Stories

“You never will forget smoke smell once you smell it,”     RENO, Nev. (AP) — With a wind-whipped wildfire roaring through a Reno neighborhood, David Howton sprang into action with a garden hose and was lucky to save his home. About a mile away, Scott and...

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Plan Released to Reduce Massive Wildfires in U.S. West

Plan Released to Reduce Massive Wildfires in U.S. West

Plan has a focus on sage grouse habitat     By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials on Friday released an overarching plan for removing or changing vegetation over a huge swath of the U.S. West to stop devastating wildfires on...

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Reno Wildfire Fully Contained

Reno Wildfire Fully Contained

Five homes destroyed, 24 damaged     RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Reno Fire Department says a wildfire that destroyed or damaged 29 homes has been contained around 100% of its perimeter as an investigation into the cause continued. The fire reached full containment...

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One Dead in California’s Mountain View Fire

One Dead in California’s Mountain View Fire

Wildfire has burned over 20,300 acres     WALKER, Calif. (AP) — A person killed when a ferocious wildfire tore through a remote community in California’s eastern Sierra Nevada this week has been identified as a 69-year-old woman, authorities said Friday. The...

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California Inmate Firefighter Faces Deportation

California Inmate Firefighter Faces Deportation

ICE detained Keola prior to his release from prison     By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Among the thousands of firefighters who battled record-setting wildfires in California this year was Bounchan Keola, a 39-year-old immigrant from...

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Reno: Wildfire Destroyed Five Homes, Damaged 24

Reno: Wildfire Destroyed Five Homes, Damaged 24

Containment increased to at least 75%     RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities now say five homes were destroyed and 24 damaged by a wind-driven wildfire that roared through a Reno neighborhood. Of the homes damaged Tuesday, three were heavily damaged and 21 had...

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Nevada Wildfire Evacuees Returning Home

Nevada Wildfire Evacuees Returning Home

Two firefighters were injured while battling the blaze     By SCOTT SONNER and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A day after a wind-whipped wildfire in northern Nevada roared through a neighborhood in Reno and destroyed at least five houses,...

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