Fires burn in Colo., Ariz., Utah, Alaska
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With another tinderbox summer shaping up in much of the West, officials issued red-flag fire warnings for Colorado on Thursday, while in Arizona a roaring blaze forced the evacuation of about 1,000 homes.
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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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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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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.
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An evacuation order was lifted for a string of small northeastern Utah communities on Wednesday while firefighters made significant progress to tame a wildfire that has burned nearly 66 square miles.
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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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By AP Wire Service  COLUMBUS, Mont.  -- Some evacuation requests were lifted Saturday near a wildfire that has burned 26 homes and 20 other structures after the blaze didn't grow significantly overnight.
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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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A trio of fires driven by strong Santa Ana winds broke out Sunday morning, endangering dozens of homes in canyons and on hillsides, authorities said.
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A cold weather front was helping to quell wildfires across several western US states on Tuesday but authorities warned the risk of further blazes across the region remained high.
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The latest updates on the wildfires raging across Southern California.
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By Darin Fenger, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Sep. 11--Eleven fire departments continued to battle a stubborn blaze near Bard, Calif., on Sunday evening, pitting humans and water against a fire that had been burning since some time Friday.
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A wildfire that has scorched about 46 square miles in northeastern Utah and killed three people has prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people from nearby towns and forced authorities to close a national forest to the public.
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Wind-blown wildfires threatened more than 1,100 homes in Colorado and Arizona, where drought conditions and gusting winds created ideal conditions for spreading the flames.
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Sparked by lightning and fanned by erratic winds, a wildfire in western Colorado has spread to within a half mile of a 400-home subdivision, forcing evacuations, fire officials said on Tuesday.
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Weekend avalanches killed five people in Montana, Utah and Idaho, with one bruised survivor traveling miles by snowmobile and on foot to reach help, authorities said.
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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.