Texas Town Fumes as Mulch Mountain Burns On
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HELOTES, Tex. -- The smoke comes and goes with the breeze, but some days it blankets Deanna Rodriguez's neighborhood, covering cars in grimy ash and seeping inside homes. Some days, when the wind blows from the south, her house becomes almost uninhabitable.
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SUNRAY, Texas - A small fire continued to burn Saturday morning at a west Texas refinery a day after an explosion injured 19 people and produced a billowing cloud of smoke that could be seen 60 miles away. No deaths were reported and all employees at the Valero Energy Corp.
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Watch your step when you pull off the road. That's the warning from state environmental officials to people who want to avoid a burning, blistering itch that could last for months.
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By Betsy Z. Russell, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jan. 31--Grass seed farmers on the Rathdrum Prairie set their fields ablaze every summer, sending plumes of thick smoke into the skies. And the state of Idaho defends the controversial practice.
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Fears grow that serious environmental damage could be caused when a huge bonfire in County Antrim is lit.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  May 30--Placing a synthetic liner over a portion of a major landfill in southern Stark County is the best way to extinguish the underground fires there.
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The state's attempt to balance wind power generation with wildlife protection on a western Maryland mountaintop is under attack from both sides.
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By CATHERINE TSAI  NEW CASTLE, Colo. - 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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By Laura McCandlish, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 4--Water shortage solutions are expensive   Mount Airy's water commission is pushing for an ordinance that would shut down development in the water-deficient town that straddles the border of Carroll and Frederick counties.
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A fire in the Badlands burned about 4,000 acres and sent flames 80 feet into the air Thursday, and fire officials feared the blaze could quickly grow because of high winds and drought conditions.
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The defenders of Fort Allen Park are picking the wrong battle. In the fight between scrubby trees and spectacular views, the trees should lose.
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By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Feb. 3--LARIMER COUNTY--   Burning continues in the Crystal Lakes subdivision near Red Feather Lakes bringing the winter's total to 1192 burned piles of slash.   U.S.
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BIG TIMBER, Mont. - 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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By Erika Ray, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Dec. 10--When flames erupted from a barn stocked with bales of straw and hay east of Findlay in October, the Vanlue Volunteer Fire Department was notified of the emergency.   Six firefighters responded out of the 24 on its roster.
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Sep. 17--ALONG THE GUNFLINT TRAIL -- Cook County Sheriff Mark Falk had to compose himself Saturday morning when telling residents about his decision to evacuate part of this wilderness road.
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Firefighters took advantage of calmer wind to dig more lines in their battle against a blaze that has threatened hundreds of homes near this central Washington town.
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SUISUN CITY, Calif. - A fire burned early Friday at a massive fertilizer plant outside San Francisco, but it wasn't immediately known if the burning materials were toxic.