Conditions Spark New Wildfires in Western States
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Dry conditions, high temperatures and ample tinder contributed to a rash of wildfires in western states today, with blazes in Utah endangering coal mines, methane wells and gas pipelines.
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Firefighters, worried about the possible return of hot, dry Santa Ana winds, fought three separate wildfires Wednesday that crept through national forests and toward towns.
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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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Drought, housing expansion, and oversupply of tinder make for bigger, hotter fires.
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Aided by cooler weather, firefighters in Southern California were gaining ground on two wildfires that raged through brush left dry by high summer temperatures.
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS  OJAI, Calif. - Hot, dry Santa Ana winds gusting to more than 50 mph Saturday stoked the flames of a three-week-old wildfire in Los Padres National Forest and ignited at least two new fires.
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ For the past 20 years, wildfires in western states have raged more often and more intensely, an alarming trend that has been blamed mostly on decades of aggressive fire suppression and century-old grazing and logging practices.
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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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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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By Stephen Curran, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 14--As temperatures soared Wednesday, emergency personnel took to land, water and air to battle two small fires in the North County and another near Arroyo Grande, all just before 3 p.m.
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Rain and thunderstorms moved across pockets of the nation Friday, while parts of the West were dry and sunny.
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A wave of poaching has alarmed state and federal wildlife officials in several Western states.
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OJAI, Calif. - Hot, dry Santa Ana winds increased Saturday as crews battling a three-week-old wildfire in Los Padres National Forest rushed to carve fire breaks before the fiercest gusts arrived. &quot;It is blowing ferociously.
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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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BIG TIMBER, Mont. - Heavy smoke slowed firefighters battling a 280-square-mile wildfire Tuesday, and also prompted air-quality warnings for much of the western portion of the state.
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A wind-driven brush fire in the Sierra foothills exploded to more than 8 square miles Friday, threatening two subdivisions just west of Reno.
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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.