Wildfires Wane as Bush Visits California
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EL CAJON, Calif., Oct. 25 -- Continued weakening of the seasonal Santa Ana winds allowed firefighters to step up their battle against devastating wildfires Thursday, though thousands of homes remained under threat from advancing flames and the death toll rose with the discovery of six bodies.
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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 homes in the Northern California wine country.
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Although GPS and computer modeling technology can be used to help track the wildfires raging in California, the blazes are burning so fiercely that IT is playing little role in putting them out.
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President Bush embarks this morning on a tour of the wildfires ravaging California to showcase his administration's ability to respond better to natural disasters than it did after Hurricane Katrina two years ago. Yesterday, he pronounced the federal government's actions "well-coordinated" after a...
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High humidity helped firefighters fight blazes across California on Wednesday, while a lack of rain allayed fears of possible mudslides and flooding, officials said.
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ESCONDIDO, California  - Cooler, calmer weather helped firefighters gain the upper hand over seven remaining wildfires in Southern California on Sunday, although state officials said blazes still threatened 12,000 homes.
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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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Determined to avoid the mistakes made with Hurricane Katrina, U.S. President George W. Bush toured fire-ravaged Southern California on Thursday and promised to do everything possible to help the region recover.
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Wildfires scorched hundreds of acres of forest and rugged mountain land in Southern California Thursday, as Utah mourners buried a father and son who died last week after being caught in a separate blaze.
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CAMP PENDLETON, California President George W. Bush made an emotional visit to the Marine base that has been home to nearly a sixth of all the US troops killed in Iraq.
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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 24 -- With winds gradually dying, evacuees from Southern California's devastating wildfires began returning to their homes in some areas Wednesday, but new fires threatened the Camp Pendleton Marine base and major power lines and forced the closure of a key highway during the morning...
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Modern technologies are giving Southern California firefighters a leg up on the 16 wildfires ravaging 425 square miles from north of Los Angeles to southeast of San Diego since the weekend.
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President Bush touted his administration's response to the California wildfires on Saturday. "I made a pledge to the people of California on behalf of all Americans: We will help you put out the fires, get through the crisis, and rebuild your lives," he said in his weekly radio address.
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Dry conditions, high temperatures and ample tinder contributed to a rash of wildfires in western states today, with blazes in Utah endangering coal mines, methane wells and gas pipelines.
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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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As firefighters in California gained the upper hand over most of the fires still burning, the US president, George Bush, and the state governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, toured some of the areas worst affected.
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Firefighters continued making progress today in taming the wildfires that devastated Southern California this week, but thousands of homes remained imperiled and officials said they had found two burned bodies in a home outside San Diego.