Out-of-control Colorado wildfire threatens homes
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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 high-pressure system brought temperatures of over 110 to parts of the Southwest, leading to hundreds of wildfires.
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A 14,000-acre wildfire burned out of control Saturday in Sonoma County's wine country, as another fire in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada destroyed 11 homes.
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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.
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Wildfires are flaring bigger and hotter in Alaska, the northern Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. Bighorn sheep, mountain goats and grizzly bears in Glacier National Park, along with deer and marsh rabbits in the Florida Keys, face a housing crisis.
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White and yellow smoke billowed into the western Colorado sky Tuesday as firefighters battled three wildfires likely sparked by lightning that have burned more than 1,800 acres and forced evacuations of 90 homes.
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A national command team and three of the top firefighting teams in the country joined the battle Thursday against a 375-square-mile wildfire that has marched through rangeland during the past four days, threatening ranches, mines and wildlife habitat.
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Hundreds of thousands of people in California have been forced to flee their homes as fierce brush fires fuelled by gusting winds continue to burn out of control.
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A fire driven by strong Santa Ana winds Sunday destroyed five homes and a storage building and endangered hundreds of others in canyons and hillsides, authorities said.
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BIG TIMBER, Mont. - An enormous wildfire that has prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people continued to spread Monday, though winds didn't kick up as much as firefighters had feared, a Forest Service official said.
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By Nicole E. Squibbs, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Feb. 28--A brush fire that began on the California side of the Colorado River levee, about one mile northeast of Pacific Avenue, was between 50 and 70 percent contained Wednesday evening, but heavy winds threatened to strengthen it.
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Fire trucks, bulldozers and water tankers guarded homes within sight of a massive wildfire Tuesday as officials urged rural residents of Southern California mountain communities to evacuate.
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By Staci Matlock, The Santa Fe New Mexican  Jun. 26--A cottonwood bosque fire near Tesuque on Sunday that forced the evacuation of a halfdozen homes is a warning of the increasing fire danger as vegetation dries up and the temperatures rise.
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ST. CATHARINES, Ont. (CP) - Firemen battled a devastating house blaze into the early hours Tuesday, after a fire tore through a home, killing several people west of St. Catharines in the rural west Lincoln area.
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More than 3,000 firefighters are battling some of Australia's worst wildfires in 70 years, as flames fanned by strong winds and searing temperatures destroyed one home and threatened dozens more.
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Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate as wildfires continued to ravage the region, destroying homes and businesses.
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Thousands of homes in Idaho are evacuated as a wildfire spreads quickly, threatening a US Air Force base.