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Crews Are Battling ‘Fire Whirls’ in CA Mojave Desert

Crews Are Battling ‘Fire Whirls’ in CA Mojave Desert

  MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. (AP) — Crews battled “fire whirls” in California’s Mojave National Preserve as a massive wildfire crossed into Nevada amid dangerously high temperatures and raging winds. The York Fire was mapped at roughly 120 square miles (284...

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York (CA) Fire Slows but Reaches 77K Acres

York (CA) Fire Slows but Reaches 77K Acres

Sabrina Schnur Las Vegas Review-Journal (TNS) The York fire had expanded to 77,000 acres Monday morning, burning south of Las Vegas, though officials said the spread was slowing. In an update posted Monday morning on InciWeb, an incident information management system,...

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Wildfire Burns Almost 700 Acres in Southeast Nebraska

Wildfire Burns Almost 700 Acres in Southeast Nebraska

UNION, Neb. (AP) — Overnight rain helped firefighters get control of two wildfires Monday in southeast Nebraska near the Missouri River. Nebraska officials said after Gov. Jim Pillen surveyed the damage that the fire near Beaver Lake was about 90% contained while the...

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