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Water Refill During Arizona’s Bighorn Fire

Water Refill During Arizona’s Bighorn Fire

Bighorn Fire has burned over 50,000 acres     kk44 - Bighorn Fire 2020, Ventura Canyon Firefighting helicopter picking up water from the Ventura Canyon Mountain golf course lake. InciWeb: Bighorn Fire https://youtu.be/JZ0-jO9Gkls

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Top-Tier Management Team Sent to Arizona’s Bush Fire

Top-Tier Management Team Sent to Arizona’s Bush Fire

Wildfire has burned over 230 square miles     PHOENIX (AP) — A top-tier management team on Friday assumed command of firefighters battling Arizona's largest current wildfire, which continued to grow in east-central Arizona as crews worked to protect...

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Second Lawsuit Filed Over Oregon Watson Creek Fire

Second Lawsuit Filed Over Oregon Watson Creek Fire

Feds sue J-Spear Ranch     SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A second lawsuit has been filed against an Oregon ranch accused of causing millions of dollars in damages by negligently igniting a 2018 wildfire. The federal government filed a complaint claiming that J-Spear...

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Tennessee Firefighters Head West

Tennessee Firefighters Head West

Incident commanders and firefighters off to New Mexico     NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Firefighters from Tennessee have been deployed to the western U.S. to help battle wildfires, officials said. Tennessee's Division of Forestry said in a news release Thursday...

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More Wildfire Evacuations Around Arizona’s Mount Lemmon

More Wildfire Evacuations Around Arizona’s Mount Lemmon

Bighorn Fire continues to grow     PHOENIX (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies went door to door evacuating more residents Thursday from the Santa Catalina Mountains overlooking Tucson as a wildfire, one of several in Arizona, continued to grow. The Bighorn Fire’s...

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PG&E Fined $4M for Deaths of 84 People in 2018 Wildfire

PG&E Fined $4M for Deaths of 84 People in 2018 Wildfire

Harshest punishment came in the form of a public shaming     By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer Pacific Gas & Electric on Thursday was fined $4 million for the deaths of 84 people killed in a nightmarish Northern California wildfire ignited by the its...

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Arizona Wildfire Crews Contend with High Winds

Arizona Wildfire Crews Contend with High Winds

Several fires across the state     By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Wildfires in Arizona are typical this time of year, but high winds have been a key factor in driving the size of the blazes that are threatening rural communities,...

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Families of California Wildfire Victims Slam PG&E

Families of California Wildfire Victims Slam PG&E

PG&E pleaded guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter     By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer The families of some of the 85 people killed by a horrific Northern California wildfire ignited by Pacific Gas & Electric's long-neglected...

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Nelson Fire in California Destroys Home

Nelson Fire in California Destroys Home

Nelson Fire is about 50% contained     OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Some residents of a Northern California county devastated by wildfire in 2018 are under evacuation orders because of a grass fire that has so far destroyed four homes. The California Department...

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