Canyon visitors return, fire still burns
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A steady stream of tourists drove to the Grand Canyon&#039;s North Rim on Monday after a highway closure prompted by a 58,600-acre wildfire was lifted.
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KISUMU, Kenya -- Three weeks after burning down the old Kimwa Grand Hotel here, many of the admitted arsonists returned to its charred remains, scavenging sheets of scrap metal, doors and wires.
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By Darin Fenger, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Sep. 11--Eleven fire departments continued to battle a stubborn blaze near Bard, Calif., on Sunday evening, pitting humans and water against a fire that had been burning since some time Friday.
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Dozens of people are still feared to be missing after a fire on board a ferry in Indonesia four days ago.
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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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The Sporting News - ATLANTA -- If I can get one word to get you to go to an NBA game, it's this: Fire. Real, propane-fueled flames.
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By PATRICIA FARRELL AIDEM\\ Staff Writer  NEWHALL -- Firefighters made quick work Thursday of a brush fire that broke out at the mouth of Whitney Canyon in Newhall, but the region was under a blanket of smoke all day from the much larger forest fire burning to the north.
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By CATHERINE TSAI NEW CASTLE, Colo. - If those ordered from their homes near a 1,000-acre fire in western Colorado left without a fuss, it could be because they've experienced the devastation of wildfires before.
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Firefighters gained ground Sunday against a wildfire that has burned more than 200 square miles in the Los Padres National Forest, aided by calmer winds and aircraft dropping water and fire-smothering chemicals.
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By Don Hunter And Brandon Loomis, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun. 16--A wildfire burning near Anchor Point grew slightly overnight but doesn't threaten any homes, state firefighters said Saturday.
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After the signature effigy of the Burning Man festival went up in flames four days ahead of schedule, festival-goers vowed to rebuild the 40-foot icon by Saturday's planned climax. But not everyone was disappointed by Tuesday's incineration.
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By Matt Weiser, Ryan Lillis and Dorothy Korber, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 26--SOUTH LAKE TAHOE -- The Angora fire roared back to life Tuesday afternoon when gusty winds whipped a controlled burn out of control and sent flames across Highway 89 on the northern edge of the fire line.
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RAMONA, California  - Sifting through the ash-covered rubble where her family's home stood one week ago, Nicole Booth combs the scorched remains of a life left behind in the wildfires that blanketed this Southern California town.
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By Mike Branom, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Sep. 6--Barely a month into 2006, the potential for wildfires in Arizona was off the charts.   The state was locked in a recordbreaking dry spell, a symptom of a drought 11 years old with no end in sight.
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Fire crews struggled with hot, dry and windy weather Monday as they fought to protect hundreds of homes and businesses from a 1,500-acre wildfire creeping into northern Arizona&#039;s scenic Oak Creek Canyon.
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The barrage of brutal wildfires in Greece hit hardest in a popular tourist destination, but with fires starting to come under control, tourists are trickling back in.
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By Levi J. Long, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Dec. 13--Visitors are one step closer to taking a visual leap off the Grand Canyon's edge.