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Winds Fan Rocky Mountain Wildfires in Wyoming

Winds Fan Rocky Mountain Wildfires in Wyoming

Latest on Mullen and Cameron Peak fires     CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two big Rocky Mountain wildfires flared up again Monday as dry, gusty winds blew embers past areas where firefighters had been making progress. Firefighters at the Mullen Fire on the...

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Crews Make Progress on Nevada Wildfire

Crews Make Progress on Nevada Wildfire

Aircraft assisting in fighting fire near Cold Springs     By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — An evacuation order remained in place but fire officials said they were making progress Monday against a wildfire north of Reno and the most...

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Video: CHP Helicopter Rescue at Wildfire

Video: CHP Helicopter Rescue at Wildfire

Rescue of four National Guard members     CBS Sacramento Dramatic video released by the California Highway Patrol on Saturday showed a rescue of four injured U.S. National Guard members inside the firelines in Butte County this weekend.  ...

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“Badgers” Provide Cal Guard Needed Wildfire Support

“Badgers” Provide Cal Guard Needed Wildfire Support

Wisconsin Black Hawks fighting the Creek Fire and SQF Complex Fire     Defense Flash News FRESNO, CA, UNITED STATES 09.30.2020 Video footage of an element of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion (Assault), 147th Aviation Regiment, 64th Troop...

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Epic Scale of California Wildfires Continues to Grow

Epic Scale of California Wildfires Continues to Grow

August Complex fire has covered nearly 1,566 square miles     SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The staggering scale of California's wildfires reached another milestone Monday: A single fire surpassed 1 million acres. The new mark for the August Complex in the Coast...

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California Wildfires Surpass 4 Million Acres

California Wildfires Surpass 4 Million Acres

More than 8,200 California wildfires have killed 31 people     By JOCELYN GECKER and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a year that has already brought apocalyptic skies and smothering smoke to the West Coast, California set a grim new...

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Watch: America’s Tribute to Fallen Firefighters

Watch: America’s Tribute to Fallen Firefighters

Join us on October 4, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. EDT     National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Our volunteers, staff and Board of Directors evaluated many options to continue the tradition of gathering in front of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial this...

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Baby Yoda Boosts Spirits on Western Wildfire Lines

Baby Yoda Boosts Spirits on Western Wildfire Lines

Kind donation from a five-year-old has an online following     By AMANDA LEE MYERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beleaguered firefighters in the western United States have a new force on their side: Baby Yoda. A 5-year-old Oregon boy and his...

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Mullen Fire Destroys 29 Homes in Wyoming

Mullen Fire Destroys 29 Homes in Wyoming

31 other structures burned     By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A wildfire destroyed 29 homes and 31 other structures in a southeastern Wyoming forest and threatened to remain active for weeks to come, officials said. The fire in...

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Shelter Deployment at California’s Glass Fire

Shelter Deployment at California’s Glass Fire

Two firefighters not injured     By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Flames devoured swaths of brush and trees in Northern California on Wednesday amid unseasonably hot and dry weather. Officials said wind-whipped flames led two firefighters to deploy...

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California Approaches 4 Million Acres Burned

California Approaches 4 Million Acres Burned

At least 30 dead in wildfires this year     By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California is poised to hit a fearsome milestone: 4 million acres burned this year by wildfires that have killed 30 people and incinerated hundreds of...

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California’s Wine Country Faces Fire Fatigue

California’s Wine Country Faces Fire Fatigue

The Glass Fire spread rapidly and is now burning through land that was saved from the other recent wine country fires     By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and TERRY CHEA Associated Press NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Will Abrams and his family packed their pickup truck with...

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