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Investigators 'zeroing in' on Colo. wildfire start

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado's most destructive wildfire in state history, while a new wind-whipped blaze in California forced evacuations and threatened homes Monday near Yosemite National Park.

By P. Solomon Banda, Associated Press , June 17, 2013

Many wildfire evacuation orders lifted in Oklahoma

Many Oklahoma residents forced to leave their homes because of raging wildfires were allowed to return Sunday, despite some blazes continuing to burn and emergency shelters remaining open in four communities.

August 05, 2012

Wildfire evacuation orders lifted in Oklahoma

LUTHER, Okla. — Several wildfires raging around the parched Oklahoma landscape prompted more evacuations Sunday as emergency workers sought to shelter those forced out by flames that destroyed dozens of homes and threatened others in the drought-stricken region.

By By Tim Talley, Associated Press , August 05, 2012

Preview: A week in fire

Sometimes you ask a question and the answer sticks. It sticks in the back of your head and somewhere in your gut. It’s obvious. And it’s so damn amazing you really can’t forget.

By By W. Scott Olsen , July 17, 2012

Vicious wildfires spread to Colo. tourist centers

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Wildfires moved in on some of Colorado's most popular summer tourist destinations over the weekend, destroying nearly two dozen homes near Rocky Mountain National Park and emptying hotels and campgrounds at the base of Pikes Peak.

By By Thomas Peipert, Associated Press , June 24, 2012

Western wildfires forcing evacuations

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Crews in Colorado and New Mexico battled wildfires Sunday that were moving fast through parched forests, forcing scores of evacuations and destroying or damaging numerous structures.

June 10, 2012

Colo. wildfire nearly contained, evacuation lifted

DENVER (AP) — Evacuated residents of the small Colorado town of Eckley and surrounding areas have been allowed to return home after a wildfire on the state's northeastern plains that injured firefighters and filled the skies with thick smoke that hid the flames from response crews and closed a highway.

March 20, 2012

Uncertainty over rebuilding after Texas wildfires

BASTROP, Texas — Concrete foundations that have been cleared of rubble sit eerily empty amid charred remains of once majestic loblolly pines.

By By Will Weissert, The Associated Press , December 25, 2011

String of blazes takes toll on Texas firefighters

The flames of the massive wildfire that have swallowed nearly 1,400 homes in Central Texas are being tamed. But firefighters fatigued by months of battling blazes in the state say the danger doesn't end there.

September 10, 2011

California fire sparked by plane crash threatens 650 homes

TEHACHAPI, Calif. (AP) — Strong winds on Monday fanned a fast-moving wildfire that was ignited by a deadly plane crash, forcing residents to flee and threatening 650 homes in this mountain community.

September 05, 2011

July 4 fireworks banned in some states for fear of wildfires

FORT WORTH, Texas — From Arizona to Florida, there will be fewer oohs and aahs at the rockets’ red glare this Fourth of July: Many cities and counties across the nation's drought-stricken southern tier are banning fireworks because of the risk of wildfires.

By By Angela K. Brown, The Associated Press , July 01, 2011

Airplane deployed to monitor air over NM fire

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — The government sent a plane equipped with radiation monitors over the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory Wednesday as a 110-square-mile wildfire burned at its doorstep, putting thousands of scientific experiments on hold for days.

By By P. Solomon Banda, The Associated Press , June 29, 2011

Officials: Wildfires will blaze until rain season

The wildfires sizzling through dried-out forests and grasslands across the Southwest are a bad omen in a fire season that is expected to continue for weeks until nature provides relief in the form of seasonal rains.

June 22, 2011

McCain responds as wildfire damages border area

It always comes back to illegal immigration in Arizona — even when the state is on fire.

June 21, 2011

Winds challenge crews battling wildfires

Authorities ordered more evacuations Sunday as crews battling a pair of wildfires in Arizona and one the New Mexico border faced extremely high winds that drove flames across containment lines and toward populated areas.

June 20, 2011

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