N.C. Wildfires Burn More Than 1,200 Acres
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  LINVILLE GORGE, N.C. - Two wildfires have charred more than 1,200 acres of the parched Pisgah National Forest in western North Carolina, officials said today.
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By Lisa O'Donnell, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 9--HENDERSONVILLE -- The mountains of North Carolina are rarely disappointing. DuPont State Forest is another example of the state's staggering beauty.
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Wildfires across the country have burned a record number of acres this year, and with the scorched land comes a record bill, a federal official said Tuesday.
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By Ana Ribeiro, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.  May 25--Thursday's forest fires in Pender and Brunswick counties are a  symptom of a steadily worsening rainfall shortage that has now pushed the area  into drought territory.   The U.S.
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A forest fire near the Mediterranean coastline in northeastern Spain forced the evacuation of thousands of people, officials said Wednesday.
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By Andrew Wellner, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun. 8--WASILLA -- A group of state and local firefighters that might have seemed larger than necessary stomped out a one-acre forest fire Tuesday in Big Lake.
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Wildfires spread to threaten new areas   Up to 950,000 people already evacuatedOfficials hope winds will aid firefighters todayHelp given by Mexico, state prisoners
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By AP Wire Service  BIG TIMBER, Mont.  -- Lower temperatures and some overnight rain helped slow an enormous wildfire that had destroyed 20 homes and led to evacuation orders for hundreds of people.
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By MARTIN GRIFFITH  RENO, Nev. - For the first time in three months, firefighters in northeastern Nevada may get a chance to catch their breath.  Crews nearly contained the last of two wildfires that have burned more than 407 square miles since Sept.
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By REX BOWMAN  A fire that blackened nearly 2,900 acres of the George Washington National Forest this week was deliberately set, investigators said yesterday as firefighters declared the blaze under control.
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Fire crews scrambled on Monday to control scores of wildfires that flared up in drought-stricken Virginia and the Carolinas over the weekend.
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A fire engulfed portions of a central North Carolina nursing home Monday night, killing one resident and injuring 19 others, a county official said.
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More than 17,000 people were urged to flee their homes on the outskirts of Raleigh early Friday after a thunderous series of explosions and a raging fire at a hazardous-waste disposal plant released a plume of thick black smoke and a yellow cloud of noxious gases.
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A wind-fueled grass fire destroyed three homes Thursday night, west of where crews gained ground on a separate 1,240-acre mountain wildfire, firefighters said.
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A fast-moving brush fire scorched 1,000 acres of parched hillside and charred at least two homes Sunday, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 200 homes, Orange County fire officials said.
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FOLKSTON, Ga. - Firefighters on Friday battled the second Georgia wildfire to burn more than 100,000 acres as gusty winds spread the  fast-moving blaze farther into northern Florida and toward the tiny town of  Fargo west of the Okefenokee Swamp.
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By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 17--Firefighters battled a blaze Sunday morning at a Catholic church in southwest Charlotte. No injuries have been reported.   The fire was reported shortly after 9 a.m. at St.