Grass Fire Burns 10 Acres Near Bay Point
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By George Kelly, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep. 24--Firefighters are investigating the cause of a grass fire that burned 10 acres in unincorporated Contra Costa near Bay Point Saturday afternoon, according to the Contra Costa Fire Protection District.
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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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By AP  PORTLAND   With a forest fire growing on Labor Day weekend, authorities evacuated a popular recreation area west of Oregon's Cascade Range.
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By SHANNON DININNY  STEHEKIN, Wash. - Firefighters cut trees and vegetation Tuesday to try slowing the growth of an 11-square-mile wildfire that has chased summer tourists from this rural, mountainous region.
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By ANA BEATRIZ CHOLO ANAHEIM, Calif. - A fast-moving brush fire scorched 500 acres of parched hillside and crept into backyards Sunday, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 200 homes, Orange County fire officials said.
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By The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.  Dec. 13--It took all night, but area firefighters controlled a brush fire that engulfed 25 acres of land.  The brush fire was reported Monday afternoon in a patch of woods off Brands Run Road, near River Road.
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  May 25--GULFPORT -- A section of Bayou View Apartments on Jody Nelson Drive were evacuated briefly around 12:45 p.m. as a fire destroyed the kitchen and living room of one residence.
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The death toll in bushfires sweeping South Australia state rose to 10 after two more bodies were found on the state's Eyre Peninsula, police 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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By Kat Bergeron, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Mar. 5--A woods fire off 28th Street near the Gulfport-Long Beach line and near the Ladner housing development was reported contained by 3 p.m. Sunday.
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Ten people die and at least 19 are hurt in a fire at a home for the elderly and mentally ill in the US.
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DANVERS, Massachusetts  - A huge explosion at a chemical plant rocked a suburb north of Boston early on Wednesday, sparking a massive fire that injured 10 people and damaged at least 30 homes, state authorities said.
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DANVERS, Massachusetts  - Huge explosions at a chemical plant rocked a suburb north of Boston early on Wednesday, sparking a massive fire that injured 10 people and damaged nearly 100 homes and buildings, authorities said.
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By Jessie Mangaliman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 22--Bay Area park officials are on high alert today through most of Saturday, following a fire weather warning from the National Weather Service.
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By Andy Meinen, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Jun. 9--A nearly month-old statewide burn ban on yard debris was lifted Friday, but a Bay County ordinance still prohibits burning yard waste here.
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A wind-blown wildfire that had forced hundreds to flee their homes grew to more than 11,000 acres early Wednesday as it moved into dry brush and grass in central Washington.
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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.