Australian firefighters tame wildfires
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Firefighters around Australia's largest city have tamed a spate of wildfires that destroyed seven homes and left hundreds of thousands of people without power.
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Three people died in two trucks when they apparently were caught in a huge wildfire in western Australia's Outback hours after authorities reopened the highway running through the affected area, police said Monday.
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SILVERADO CANYON, California  - Cool weather and calm skies helped thousands of firefighters beat back Southern California wildfires on Saturday, although flare-ups in some places meant the battle was not yet over.
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An infusion of fresh manpower helped firefighters gain the upper hand Tuesday on a wildfire that had burned across more than 12,500 acres and destroyed four homes in Northern California's wine country.
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Firefighters gained ground Sunday against a wildfire that has burned more than 200 square miles in the Los Padres National Forest, aided by calmer winds and aircraft dropping water and fire-smothering chemicals.
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Australia has mobilised the army as some of the worst bushfires in 70 years threatened homes and shrouded Victoria state in thick smoke that closed the airport and grounded firefighting aircraft.
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Firefighters, volunteers and aircraft tackle forest blazes that have caused widespread death and destruction.
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS OJAI, Calif. - Helicopters lifted off as winds calmed Sunday, ferrying water and transporting firefighters to battle a three-week-old wildfire that has scorched more than 200 square miles of the Los Padres National Forest.
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Smoke from bushfires burning hundreds of  kilometers away blanketed Australia's second largest city  Melbourne on Saturday, delaying flights and setting off fire  alarms at the city's airport.
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More than 40 miners who were trapped underground Wednesday by a fire in an Australian gold mine have been rescued, local media reported.
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Australia's deadliest bushfires for 22 years left nine people dead and dozens injured as firefighters fought to control blazes raging in two states and threatening a third.
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By Gillian Flaccus THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  OJAI -- Firefighters, aided by calmer winds and aircraft dropping water and fire-smothering chemicals, gained ground Sunday against a wildfire that has burned more than 200 square miles in the Los Padres National Forest.
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A federal firefighting team took over direction of efforts Sunday to halt a fast-moving wildfire that had killed three people
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Gentler winds and cooler weather expected to give firefighters chance to control fires.
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Australians battled both fires and some of the worst flooding in decades Monday that stranded residents in several communities after days of intense summer heat and storms.
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PLOUTOCHORI, Greece  - Greek firefighters on Wednesday gained the upper hand over countrywide forest fires that have killed at least 63 people and left the government shaken by accusations of incompetence.
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All major blazes in Greece were under control Friday, and firefighters were working to extinguish smaller fires in the southern part of the country.