Fire forces evacuation of Mo. town
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A fire at a poultry processing plant in southwest Missouri forced the evacuation of nearly 100 people from a neighboring town, authorities said. Officials were concerned about ammonia fumes released by the blaze.
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By Mike Holtzclaw, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun. 6--VIRGINIA BEACH -- An electrical fire in a townhouse has left nine Virginia Beach residents temporarily homeless this morning.
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LIVINGSTON, Mont. - Strong winds that had caused a fire in an area popular with celebrities to nearly triple in size shifted Thursday and helped slow the blaze's growth, allowing some residents who had evacuated to return.
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A Norwegian town was evacuated Friday morning when ammonia began leaking into the air from an animal feed firm.
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BIG TIMBER, Mont. - Firefighters made some headway against an enormous wildfire that chased hundreds of residents from their homes, but officials cautioned on Tuesday that it was far from being contained.
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Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate their homes and an interstate was closed in two of the many wildfires that dotted the West on Friday.
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A northern California wildfire that destroyed 22 homes and two businesses in this historic gold mining town grew to nearly 10,000 acres Tuesday, but evacuated residents were able to return home.
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More than 20 people are moved from their homes after a large fire in Trecwn, Pembrokeshire.
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Firefighters tackle a blaze at a row of houses in the County Antrim seaside town of Ballycastle.
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By AP Wire Service  COLUMBUS, Mont.  -- Some evacuation requests were lifted Saturday near a wildfire that has burned 26 homes and 20 other structures after the blaze didn't grow significantly overnight.
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An out-of-control wildfire roared through an old mining town in the Northern California mountains Sunday, destroying 20 houses and forcing nearly 300 residents to flee, officials said.
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Sparked by lightning and fanned by erratic winds, a wildfire in western Colorado has spread to within a half mile of a 400-home subdivision, forcing evacuations, fire officials said on Tuesday.
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A nearly 2,300-acre wildfire forced residents of three small communities to flee their northern New Mexico homes on Sunday.
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Investigators try to find the cause of a hotel fire that forced the evacuation of hundreds of people.
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An "intense" blaze spreads from a caravan to three houses and forces the evacuation of nine people.
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Residents of about 200 southern California homes were ordered to evacuate on Sunday as a brush fire whipped by hot gusting winds burned 500 acres near a hillside community, firefighters said.
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A fire at a hazardous waste incineration plant forced the evacuation of about a quarter of the city's 23,000 residents Sunday, officials said.