As Wildfires Burn, Officials Seek to Lower the Cost of Fighting Them
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WASHINGTON _ Wildfires around California's Lake Tahoe and Alaska's Kenai Peninsula are fanning the firefighting costs that officials are trying to curtail.
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By Mike Stanton; Journal Staff Writer  As the head of a neighborhood group asks a committee for stiffer penalties for polluters, senators grill state officials about the costs of the lawsuit.
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By JEFF BARNARD  GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Two dozen firefighters died last year battling wildfires across the nation, a number that has increased in the face of drier summers and increased job pressures.
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OJAI, Calif. -- Firefighters lost ground Sunday against a large blaze in a national forest as gusty winds fanned the flames, shutting down highways and prompting officials to urge evacuations.
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Fire crews burned away vegetation and used hand tools to scratch out firebreaks along a canyon as planes dropped retardant Thursday in hopes of keeping a 3,260-acre wildfire north of this scenic Arizona community from spreading.
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By Erin Sherbert, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Feb. 24--Far East County residents appear to want better fire protection services, but whether they are willing to pay for it is questionable, fire officials said.
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The wildfire shows that residents need to minimize the risk on their own properties, analysts say.
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By CHRISTINA ALMEIDA OJAI, Calif. - Firefighters lost ground Sunday against a large blaze in a national forest as gusty winds fanned the flames, shutting down highways and prompting officials to urge evacuations.
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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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While the military is lending assistance to battle wildfires in Southern California, it's also keeping an eye on the horizon in case it has to evacuate bases there.
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Lower temperatures and some overnight rain helped slow an enormous wildfire that had destroyed 20 homes and led to evacuation orders for hundreds of people.
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By Pat Reavy Deseret Morning News  They risk their lives to protect the public, but often it isn't a bullet or the flames from an inferno that law enforcers and firefighters have to worry about.
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Australian firefighters are battling to limit the damage caused by the season's first bushfires.
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By Chris Bowman, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 24--When it comes to fireside chats, local air pollution control officials believe money will talk louder than words.
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Firefighters in California battle to stem fires that have scorched hundreds of homes as rain eases Alaskan fires.
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Fire officials pleaded for additional manpower to battle a 15,400-acre wildfire near the California-Mexico border, while a new fire ignited near expensive canyon homes in Los Angeles.
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Firefighters battling a wildfire that has blackened nearly 290 square miles and burned 26 homes faced a new challenge, authorities said Wednesday: bees.