Cooler weather helps California firefighters
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FALLBROOK, California  - Cool weather and light winds helped thousands of firefighters beat back Southern California wildfires on Saturday as residents ventured through charred landscapes to see if their homes were still standing.
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Calm, cooler weather and unusually high humidity Friday helped firefighters battling a wildfire that had threatened hundreds of homes and burned four cabins.
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Firefighters battled stubborn wildfires across Southern California on Saturday, but scattered showers brought a welcome improvement in conditions.
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Firefighters battling wildfires that have raged out of control for more than two weeks in Australia have taken advantage of cooler conditions to clear land in an attempt to contain the blazes.
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Firefighters made headway against 18 wildfires blazing across Southern California on Wednesday as hot winds abated for the first time in four days, but they were still battling to save entire neighborhoods from hopscotching flames.
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Firefighters gained the upper hand on nearly all of the California wildfires on Thursday as winds died down after five days battling 20 fires from the mountains north of Los Angeles down to the Mexican border.
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Some 800 firefighters have been called into service recently to help battle the hillside fire threatening portions of Southern California.
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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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A forecast for cooler weather Thursday was welcome news for firefighters battling a wildfire in southern Montana that nearly doubled in size a day earlier and prompted officials to urge several hundred of residents to leave their homes.
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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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The blowtorch heat that blistered California last week gripped the Midwest on Monday, prompting communities to throw air-conditioned buildings open to the public and endangering millions of people with outdoor jobs &#151; including NFL players in training camp.
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Wildfire-hit California prepares for at least another 24 hours of high winds and scorching temperatures.
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Sweltering heat was blamed Sunday for at least three deaths in Northern California, including a resident at a nursing home who died after the facility's air conditioning system failed.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Firefighters are battling erratic winds and very low humidity, but making slow gains on a fire that had burned nearly 12,000 acres in the California wine country by Monday morning.
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GEYSERVILLE, Calif., Sept. 6 -- Firefighters were hampered by erratic wind and low humidity Monday as they made slow progress against a fire that had burned nearly 12,000 acres and four houses in the Northern California wine country.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 19--The air has turned cooler and clearer, promising the end to a long fire season.
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At least 25 deaths were blamed on an excessive eight-day heatwave in Southern California that finally started to cool on Wednesday.