Wash. Homes Evacuated Due to Fire Threat
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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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Explosions and fire at a hazardous waste management facility prompted town officials to evacuate about 5,000 residents living within a mile of the plant as a precautionary measure early Friday.
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DRYDEN, Wash. -- A wind-blown wildfire 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 volcanic eruption on the Papua New Guinea island of New Britain on Saturday caused panicked residents to flee homes and sent ash plumes 18 kilometres into the air.
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Firefighters try to stop a blaze spreading as three homes in one street are alight and four people are reported injured.
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BENTON CITY, Wash.  -- Firefighters tried to contain about a dozen lightning-caused fires in Washington state on Saturday, hours before another thunderstorm was expected to give them more work.
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By The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb. 20--A pan of cooking oil that overheated on a kitchen stove ignited a fire in a duplex apartment Monday evening in Battle Ground.   Fire District 11 was called to 303 S.E. Third St. at 5:54 p.m., said firefighter-paramedic Todd McCabe.
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Neighbours are evacuated from their homes as firefighters battle a fire in a Glasgow nightclub.
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A security guard has been arrested in connection with the fires that destroyed 10 homes under construction in a Maryland subdivision outside Washington last week, federal law enforcement sources said Thursday.
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Federal officials have stepped up the alert level on Mount Saint Helens in southwestern Washington state. The Level Three alert indicates a possible threat to life and property.
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Dozens of wildfires burning Tuesday across southern Australia destroyed more than a dozen homes and a popular ski lodge, while residents in a suburb of the western city of Perth were urged to flee an approaching blaze.
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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 scorched 500 acres
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Hundreds of people were cleared from around Mount St Helens in Washington state yesterday as the restless volcano&#39;s increased activity prompted government warnings that a big eruption was imminent.
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MADISON, Wis. - A fire alarm set off by smoke in the state Capitol caused an evacuation before firefighters located the source of the problem - a toaster and a singed muffin. "It was not too badly singed," said Justin Sargent, an aide to Sen.
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Government scientists have raised the alert level for the Mount St. Helens volcano in the northwestern US state of Washington, saying the next eruption could threaten lives and property near the mountain.
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A wind-whipped forest fire forced the evacuation of 60 homes and threatened to burn several houses as smoke billowed above this small city near the South Carolina coast Sunday, officials said.
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About 300 homes were evacuated Sunday as Southern California firefighters worked on a wildfire that has burned more than 80,000 acres near Los Angeles.  The evacuations were precautionary, the Los Angeles Times reported.