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News archive for Wildfire: an unplanned or unwanted natural or human-caused fire, or a prescribedfire that tHReatens to escape its bounds. [Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia] Wildfire International Herald Tribune,AP KETCHUM, Idaho: Gusty winds pushed a wildfire closer to Sun Valley Resort's ski area, while hundreds more homes were ordered evacuated in the valley Anger at Greek government's wildfire response - 28 Aug 2007 Guardian Unlimited,Firefighters try to contain the blaze outside Andritsena village in the Pelloponese. Photograph: Nikolas Giakoumidis/AP Greece's socialist opposition party Wildfire flares up as winds increase - 28 Aug 2007 Detroit Free Press,AP NEWBERRY -- Crews watched for wind-blown flare-ups Monday in an 18100-acre wildfire in remote Upper Peninsula forestland. Gusts expected to reach 30 mph NCFPD asks: Think it’s easy to tame a wildfire? - 28 Aug 2007 Village News Network,Many people honestly believe they can handle any wildfire that comes their way. The truth is that very few people understand the behavior of fire and even Gov. Schweitzer calls special session to deal with wildfire costs - 28 Aug 2007 KPAX-TV,Governor Schweitzer has called a special legislative session for September 5th saying he wants lawmakers to come up with more firefighting money. Washington Firefighters Persevered in Wildfire Battle - 28 Aug 2007 Firehouse.com (subscription)As wildfire crossed onto the Hanford Reach National Monument and then the nuclear reservation a week ago, firefighters couldn't help but remember the 24 Small wildfire breaks out in Yellowstone National Park - 28 Aug 2007 KPAX-TV,Fire crews have found a new blaze that's burning in the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park. The Lookout Fire is located about 1.5 miles southwest of Wildfire in the area of Athens, Greece, under control - 28 Aug 2007 Focus News,The wildfire in the region of the Greek capital has been brought under control, Greek media announced. Earlier in the day a new fire started in the region Wildfire drill held in Vail today - 28 Aug 2007 Vail Daily News,VAIL — A wildfire threatening the town and the ski mountain will be the mock emergency in a drill firefighters and other public safety workers will conduct Bon Secour Wildfire - 28 Aug 2007 WKRG-TV,...by AP Jeremy Keller, a spokesman, said a total of 190 acres were destroyed by this morning. The property is part of the refuge's 2000-acre plot, Wildfire burning on county border - 28 Aug 2007 The Record-Courier,A wildland fire burning on top of the hill in the area of Jack Wright Pass was reported at 2:46 pm Monday. Initial reports are that the fire was caused by a Wildfire risk puts early restrictions on outdoor burning - 28 Aug 2007 Kingsport Times News,Tennessee forestry officials Monday bumped up timetables for the permit process required to burn near forestland due to extremely high fire risks because of Forest rangers return after battling wildfire in Montana - 28 Aug 2007 Press-Register - al.com,By RON COLQUITT Four area Alabama Forestry Commission rangers have returned home after battling a 46000-acre wildfire for two weeks in Montana. Federal Funds Issued To Help Pay Ga. Wildfire Costs - 28 Aug 2007 Insurance Journal,...to Georgia last week following Perdue's mid-April request for assistance to help Georgia fight the then-uncontrolled wildfire burning in Ware County. The Wealthy Get an Extra Shield for Wildfires - 28 Aug 2007 New York Times,26 — The wind shifted, and suddenly the wildfire that has been raging just west of these exclusive high desert hills appeared closer than ever to Al Crews mopping up wildfires in Blount, Campbell counties - 28 Aug 2007 Knoxville News Sentinel,An 800-acre-plus wildfire on McCloud Mountain in Campbell County rekindled and 10 forestry firefighters are working to reinforce a fire line today. Fires fuel anger in Greece - 28 Aug 2007 Chicago Tribune,Firefighters try to extinguish a fire outside Andritsena in the Pelloponise peninsula on Aug. 27. Several villages in the area were evacuated as massive Weather Report: Heat Favors Maturing Crops, Gulf Showers Provide ... - 28 Aug 2007 CattleNetwork.com,In the Northwest, however, hot, dry weather is hampering wildfire containment efforts and increasing the threat of new wildfire activity. Extra layer of protection for ultra-wealthy - 28 Aug 2007 Marketplace,A wildfire in Idaho is threatening billions of dollars worth of high-end real estate and that has inspired one insurance company to go to unsual measures to Gail Franks is new managing director of Summersault Communications - 28 Aug 2007 Online Recruitment,From 2005 until joining Summersault, Gail was joint managing director of Wildfire Communications, the leading publishing and online media company. Highway reopens through site of stubborn SoCal wildfire - Aug 27, 2007 San Jose Mercury News,A highway that runs through wilderness scorched by a vast wildfire was reopened Monday, as firefighters aided by higher humidity and cooler weather beat Cattlemen come to aid of wildfire-stricken ranchers - Aug 27, 2007 Salt Lake Tribune,AP exec famous for bulletin on JFK shooting dies at 84 Posted: 7:50 AM- LOGAN - When Cache County rancher Joe Fuhriman heard about how the Milford Flat fire State requires burning permits as wildfire danger continues - Aug 27, 2007 Chattanooganow (subscription),...the Tennessee Division of Forestry now requires obtaining open burning permits prior to the official Oct. 15 start of the fall wildfire season. Wildfire in Crimea kills two - Aug 26, 2007 Interfax Russia,Aug 26 (Interfax) - A male and female found dead in their car surrounded by the wildfire in the Alupka forest district are believed to the first victims of Kern Co. firefighter injured at Zaca wildfire - Aug 27, 2007 EyeOutForYou.com,A Kern County firefighter is seriously hurt while fighting the Zaca wildfire. Eyewitness News has learned a local firefighter fell 30 feet from a rock in Central Utah wildfire nearly contained - Aug 27, 2007 Deseret News,SCIPIO, Millard County — Firefighters will begin demobilizing today from a wildfire burning in central Utah. The Lowry's Fire is now nearly 90 percent Forest Service: wildfire in Cheaha Wilderness contained - Aug 27, 2007 al.com,AP TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Authorities said Monday they are confident a fire that has burned for more than a week in the Cheaha Wilderness is now contained. Calmer Winds May Help Fight Ketchum Wildfire - Aug 27, 2007 FireFighting News.comIdaho - High winds continued to bedevil firefighting efforts around Ketchum on Sunday, but a forecast of calmer conditions brought optimism to Gov. Firefighters beat back bursts in California wildfire - Aug 25, 2007 Arizona Republic,A seven-week-old wildfire in the Santa Barbara County wilderness showed bursts of life Saturday despite firefighters' significant progress. Wildfire burns 15 to 20 acres - Aug 27, 2007 9NEWS.com,GARFIELD COUNTY- A fire has burned approximately 15 to 20 acres of private property between New Castle and the Canyon Creek area. New evacuations recommended as SoCal wildfire continues to burn - Aug 25, 2007 San Jose Mercury News,A seven-week-old wildfire in the Santa Barbara County wilderness continued to show bursts of life despite firefighters' significant progress this week. Wildfire burns 20 acres near New Castle - Aug 27, 2007 Glenwood Springs Post Independent,NEW CASTLE - Becky Rippy of New Castle sat on the deck by the side of her house on County Road 240 and waited to see if the flames from a fire behind her Wildfire stopped at ancient Olympia's perimeter - Aug 26, 2007 Athens News Agency,A fast-moving wildfire that momentarily surrounded the hallowed archaeological site at Olympia, in the northwest Peloponnese, was finally turned backed at Progress Made Against Calif. Wildfire - Aug 24, 2007 Forbes,AP 08.24.07, 6:10 AM ET Residents of communities that had been threatened by a gigantic wildfire burning central coast forest for much of the summer were Four major wildfire fronts still active on Sun.; death toll at 52 - Aug 26, 2007 Athens News Agency,Four separate wildfire fronts continued to rage in southern Greece on Sunday morning, with the official death toll rising to 52 in the wake of an One man dies, many houses burn in wildfire in Bulgaria - Aug 26, 2007 Focus News,Haskovo. One man has died and many houses have completely burned in the Haskovo region in Bulgaria, Tencho Atanasov, inspector in the local Fire Safety and Seeking answers in the ashes; New book revisits deadly wildfire ... - Aug 26, 2007 Eagle Tribune,All four unwittingly became the victims of a single day's many mistakes when a wildfire in north-central Washington's Okanogan National Forest trapped them Vast California wildfire shows signs of slowing its advance - Aug 22, 2007 USA Today...(AP) — A wildfire that has burned an area the size of New York City slowed its advance through wilderness in Santa Barbara County as flames reached newly I-80 reopens after wildfire threat near Truckee - Aug 22, 2007 San Jose Mercury News,A wildfire near Donner Lake closed US Interstate 80 for about three hours Wednesday afternoon near the top of the Sierra Nevada, backing up traffic for Feds declare all 29 Utah counties wildfire disaster areas - Aug 23, 2007 Salt Lake Tribune,By Dawn House Posted: 2:46 PM- US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has declared all of Utah's 29 counties disaster areas, qualifying farmers and ranchers Some progress on vast California wildfire, but new blazes erupt - Aug 21, 2007 San Jose Mercury News,The second-largest California wildfire in modern history was partly blocked by a firebreak Tuesday. But as some firefighters made gains in the Santa Barbara Vast California wildfire now the state's second largest on record - Aug 22, 2007 San Diego Union Tribune,AP SANTA BARBARA – A wildfire burning in the Los Padres National Forest grew by thousands of acres to become the second-largest blaze in the state's modern Waialua wildfire was set - Aug 25, 2007 KPUA,By AP HONOLULU (AP) _ The Honolulu Fire Department has turned the investigation of this month's Waialua wildfire over to police. Hot, dry conditions help sustain relentless Calif wildfire - Aug 21, 2007 San Diego Union Tribune,AP SANTA BARBARA – The third-largest wildfire in modern state history showed no sign of slowing down, as hot and dry conditions helped sustain the blaze Crews Make Gains On Montana Wildfire - Aug 21, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,...(AP) - A wildfire that destroyed two homes was no longer threatening a residential area Tuesday and authorities were ready to let evacuees return, Latest wildfire above greater Athens; - Aug 25, 2007 Athens News Agency,A wildfire erupted on the lower slopes of the Mt. Hymettus mountain range overlooking the greater Athens area from the east, just after noon (local time) on Volunteers vital to wildfire control effort - Aug 25, 2007 Marquette Mining Journal,By JOHN PEPIN, Journal Munising Bureau NEWBERRY — Luce County Red Cross worker JoAnne Martin was heading to her cottage on Lake Superior. California Batttles Third Largest Wildfire in History, Idaho ... - Aug 21, 2007 FOX NewsDozens of ranch properties in California were put on alert Monday as the third-largest wildfire in modern state history raged through Los Padres National Update: Michigan Wildfire - Aug 25, 2007 WLNS,Fire crews up north had hoped rain would help their efforts to battle an Upper Peninsula wildfire burning now for over 3 weeks. A tiny three-hundredths of Waialua wildfire called intentionally set - Aug 25, 2007 Honolulu Advertiser,By Eloise Aguiar WAIALUA — A weeklong wildfire that charred more than 7000 acres on the North Shore was intentionally set and the case has been turned over archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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