Ariz. crews race to keep blaze from homes
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Firefighters worked feverishly Saturday to build containment lines around a fast-moving wildfire that would threaten hundreds of residents if it reached a ridge two miles away.
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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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Crews dug firelines and reinforced others on the northwestern edge of a wildfire that crept toward hundreds of forest homes in Southern California on Thursday.
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Firefighters were in the final stage Sunday of surrounding one of the biggest blazes in state history, which has burned 254 square miles of brush and timber since erupting Labor Day.
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By TOM GARDNER  RENO, Nev. - Improved weather and more manpower helped fire crews hold the line against two fires burning more than 407 square miles in northeastern Nevada on Saturday.
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Firefighters racing the weather for control of a turbulent wildfire near this popular resort got a break Wednesday as high winds forecast to arrive by early afternoon held off, giving crews time to shore up their defenses.
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LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. - 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.  No houses were immediately threatened, however.
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By GIDEON RUBIN  ROSAMOND -- A massive blaze that began Sunday morning scorched more than 6,000 acres of pristine wilderness on the southeast face of the Tehachapi Mountains and showed no signs of slowing down by Monday afternoon, authorities said.
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Firefighters were on Monday battling to contain a raging forest fire near California&#39;s Lake Tahoe that destroyed as many as 220 homes and forced the evacuation of 1,000 people, officials said.
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Firefighters cut trees and vegetation Tuesday to try slowing the growth of an 11-square-mile wildfire that has chased summer tourists from this rural, mountainous region.
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Firefighters tackle a blaze at a row of houses in the County Antrim seaside town of Ballycastle.
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By ARIZONA DAILY STAR  Match-play event puts marana in bright spotlight  Work crews began cleaning up the Tangerine Road underpass at Interstate 10 last week as part of preparations for next month's Accenture World Match Play Championship in Marana.
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Firefighters struggled Wednesday to stop a wildfire from jumping a highway in scenic Oak Creek Canyon and roaring into an area of evacuated homes and resorts.
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By Chris Markham, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Dec. 12--Chandler City Council members will try to figure out a plan Thursday for dealing with about 1,800 county island homes that don't have permanent fire service.
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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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Firefighters racing the weather for control of a turbulent wildfire near this popular resort got a bit of a break Wednesday as high winds forecast to arrive by early afternoon held off, giving crews time to shore up their defenses.
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Firefighters concentrated Monday on protecting mountain hamlets near a cluster of wildfires east of Los Angeles, as storms brewed that could bring much-needed rain.