Sequoia Park Fire is 65% Contained
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By Erik Lacayo, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jun. 10--A 3,900-acre fire that has been raging for a week in the Sequoia National Forest is finally winding down, a U.S. Forest Service official said Saturday.
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Firefighters battling 15 fires across Southern California got a break from slowing winds on Wednesday, but major blazes burned unchecked for a fourth day after forcing the largest evacuation in California's modern history.
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca on Thursday said that arrest warrants have been issued for five men accused of starting a massive wildfire at Malibu State Park that destroyed more than 50 homes and forced about 15,000 people to evacuate.
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Firefighters were on Monday battling to contain a raging forest fire near California&#39;s Lake Tahoe that destroyed as many as 220 homes and forced the evacuation of 1,000 people, officials said.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - Fire crews evacuated a neighborhood near California's Lake Tahoe on Tuesday afternoon as the wildfire that has consumed more than 2,700 acres of forest around the resort area jumped a defensive line.
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By Nicole E. Squibbs, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Mar. 3--A brush fire that began on the California side of the Colorado River levee Tuesday, about one mile northeast of Pacific Avenue, was 100 percent controlled and contained by Friday afternoon.
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By Josh Hoke, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 10--BUCKSVILLE COMMUNITY -- Five foresters spent much of Friday starting and controlling a small fire they said could prevent larger blazes in the area.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - A fast-moving forest fire burned out of control in the popular Lake Tahoe resort area on the eastern border of California, destroying more than 165 homes and structures, officials said on Sunday.
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By ALEX DOBUZINSKIS and PATRICIA FARRELL AIDEM\\ Staff Writers  CASTAIC -- Hoping to contain the massive 15-day-old Day Fire, firefighters are constructing a 50-mile line around its flanks -- defying walls of flame that are devouring wilderness as they charge toward a half-dozen communities.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - Firefighters had a wildfire near California's popular Lake Tahoe resort 40 percent contained on Monday after it engulfed 2,500 acres
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By Becky Stoppa, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun. 23--High humidity and cool temperatures are helping to hold the Big Su fire steady at about 9,475 acres today, said Matt Weaver, spokesman for the state Division of Forestry.
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By Jessica Klipa, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Mar. 3--MANATEE -- On the same day that the state issued a heightened wildfire awareness alert, a controlled burn got out of hand in Parrish during a land clearing operation off Mendoza Road.
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A giant sequoia believed to be the second-largest tree in the world may not live much longer after suffering damage from heavy snow and strong wind, according to officials at Sequoia National Park.
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By Stephen Curran, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 8--A propane burner sparked a fire that charred about 7 acres this morning.   CDF/County Fire crews contained the blaze west of Atascadero on Coyote Canyon Road off O'Donovan about 11:50 a.m., officials said.
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By Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Feb. 20--A firefighter works to put out a grass fire off Woodruff Lane near Matthews Lane in Yuba County on Monday.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep. 6--Firefighters fought smoke and steep, difficult terrain Tuesday as they stretched firelines around 40 percent of the Columbia Complex fire.
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A wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills burned 13 homes and 45 other buildings in rural subdivisions before firefighters obtained 85 percent containment over it on Sunday afternoon.