Smoke slows air attack on Mont. wildfire
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Heavy smoke has slowed firefighters battling a 280-square-mile wildfire and also prompted air-quality warnings for much of western Montana.
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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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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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GEYSERVILLE, Calif., Sept. 6 -- Firefighters were hampered by erratic wind and low humidity Monday as they made slow progress against a fire that had burned nearly 12,000 acres and four houses in the Northern California wine country.
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Calm, cooler weather and unusually high humidity Friday helped firefighters battling a wildfire that had threatened hundreds of homes and burned four cabins.
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A wildfire grew by an estimated 200 square miles in 24 hours, blackening grazing land Sunday as it threatened thousands of southern Idaho homes and facilities at an Air Force training range, fire officials said Sunday.
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CASTAIC, Calif. - Firefighters face more hot, dry weather Sunday as they struggle to contain a wildfire burning across nearly 20-square miles of dry brush and timber in the Los Padres National Forest.  The blaze broke out Monday about 40 miles north of Los Angeles.
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Firefighters racing the weather for control of a turbulent wildfire near this popular resort got a break Wednesday as high winds forecast to arrive by early afternoon held off, giving crews time to shore up their defenses.
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Firefighters struggled to gain control of a massive wildfire in Utah on Sunday -- just one of about a dozen fires blazing throughout the western United States.
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A measure of normalcy began to return to this resort community Thursday, even as crews battled an unpredictable mountain wildfire for a fifth day. Sunbathers ventured to some beaches, and the smoke lurking in the mountains largely cleared.
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Crews used controlled fires to gain ground against an 1,800-acre blaze in western Colorado, but forecasters predicted more hot, dry weather and wind gusts on Thursday.
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By CATHERINE TSAI  NEW CASTLE, Colo. - Crews used controlled fires to gain ground against an 1,800-acre blaze in western Colorado, but forecasters predicted more hot, dry weather and wind gusts on Thursday.
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Firefighters racing the weather for control of a turbulent wildfire near this popular resort got a bit of a break Wednesday as high winds forecast to arrive by early afternoon held off, giving crews time to shore up their defenses.
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A 6,000-acre wildfire spread to within a half-mile of an upscale community in central Oregon, forcing residents to evacuate.
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With the firesâ advance slowed by a decline in the Santa Ana winds and with cooler weather moving in, another phase of firefighting has begun.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 18--Snow falling in the mountains helped firefighters gain the upper hand on two large wildfires over the weekend.   Crews hope to contain the Middle Fork Complex fire today.
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REVIEW-JOURNAL  Federal firefighters were close to controlling a wildfire that burned 1,500 acres at the Red Rock National Conservation Area, but access to the park was still restricted Friday afternoon.