Huge Mont. Wildfire Far From Contained
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BIG TIMBER, Mont. - Firefighters made some headway against an enormous wildfire that chased hundreds of residents from their homes, but officials cautioned on Tuesday that it was far from being contained.
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Hundreds of firefighters battled Tuesday to contain a wildfire that has forced evacuations in Montana.  The Derby Mountain fire has blackened at least 180,000 acres since last week and gutted 26 homes and 20 outbuildings, the Billings (Mont.) Gazette reported.
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Firefighters sought Tuesday to contain a 10-acre wildfire east of Ogden, Utah, that officials believe may have been arson.  The fire broke out about a mile outside of the city limits in a small canyon north of Weber College, U.S.
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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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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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By Associated Press  COLUMBUS, Mont. -- Fire crews battled to contain a wind-whipped wildfire in south-central Montana that has spread across 180,000 acres and burned 26 homes.
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A wildfire near Lake Tahoe was 40 percent contained Tuesday morning, but authorities said it still threatened more than 1,000 structures.
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Nearly 4,000 firefighters worked in blistering temperatures Saturday to corral a huge complex of fires in rugged wilderness as authorities found a body in a blackened part of the desert.
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Flames leap 200 feet in the air and burn at 2,000 degrees. A rain of fire sets thousands of acres ablaze. The smoke jumpers may get the glory, but the battle is being won by the wildfire-simulation brigade. By Michael Behar from Wired magazine.
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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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By Erik Lacayo, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jun. 10--A 3,900-acre fire that has been raging for a week in the Sequoia National Forest is finally winding down, a U.S. Forest Service official said Saturday.
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A wildfire that has been burning for two months in Los Padres National Forest was expected to be fully contained Sunday evening, officials said. Firefighters also were nearing containment on blazes in Idaho and Michigan.
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A wildfire fueled by dry brush grew to nearly 30,000 acres Tuesday and prompted the voluntary evacuation of a remote community near Lake Berryessa in northern California.
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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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International Falls, Minn.  The largest forest fire in decades at Voyageurs National Park is nearly out.
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By Nicole E. Squibbs, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Feb. 28--A brush fire that began on the California side of the Colorado River levee, about one mile northeast of Pacific Avenue, was between 50 and 70 percent contained Wednesday evening, but heavy winds threatened to strengthen it.
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A 4-square-mile wildfire burning near Lake Tahoe in California may take a week to contain, local officials said Tuesday.  It's a pretty big area, Sgt. Don Atkinson of the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department told The Los Angeles Times.