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Weather Shift Eases Oklahoma Wildfire Danger
Cooler temperatures and gentler winds OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities say wind-whipped wildfires in northwestern Oklahoma that forced residents from their homes and destroyed two single-family residences were mostly contained Wednesday as cooler...
Video: California Cave Fire
Wildfire began in the Los Padres National Forest Global News - Fire ripped through brush and woodland on hills above the Californian city of Santa Barbara early on Tuesday, forcing residents to leave their homes, authorities said. Santa Barbara County declared...
Rain May Douse California’s Cave Fire
Over 2,000 structures are threatened By STEFANIE DAZIO and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters are hoping rainy weather will douse a wildfire that threatens thousands of homes in the coastal foothills north of Los Angeles....
California Cave Fire Burns Over 4,000 Acres
Firefighters fight to save homes By STEFANIE DAZIO and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — Most of the thousands of people who fled a raging California wildfire in the mountains north of Santa Barbara were told they could return home...
Below-Ground Power Lines Disorganized Nationally
Experts look at vulnerability of overhead lines By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Trees toppling onto above-ground power lines spark wildfires, more than 1,000 of them in the last decade in California alone. The...
Fire Continues to Burn at North Carolina’s Cold Mountain
Wildfire continues despite weekend rain ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities are continuing to monitor a fire at North Carolina’s famed Cold Mountain. U.S. Forest Service officials said Sunday that a wildfire continues to burn at the iconic mountain...
Survivors Fear Smaller PG&E Payouts with Each Wildfire
“The more victims there are, the smaller the slices of the pie." By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press Lori Kennedy thought she was going to live a comfortable retirement in a modest home in wooded Magalia, California. But she woke up a year ago to a phone...
Prescribed Burns Planned for New Mexico Counties
One project involves 1,000 acres ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal land managers are teaming up with the state Game and Fish Department to conduct a series of prescribed fires across hundreds of acres in three New Mexico counties. The work is scheduled to...
Conservationists Say Lake Tahoe Project Slows Wildfire Evacuation
11 hours on a single access road By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Conservationists trying to block expansion of the Lake Tahoe ski resort that hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics say the developer is trying to hide the impacts...
PG&E Restores Power to Thousands in California
PG&E began turning the lights back on Wednesday evening By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric restored power Thursday to 120,000 people it intentionally blacked out to ease the risk of catastrophic wildfires....
Park Service Starts Prescribed Burns at Manassas Battlefield
Fires planned for about 75 acres MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — The National Park Service has launched a series of controlled fires at Manassas National Battlefield. The park service says the burns are designed to restore views at the battlefield, maintain...
