French Riviera wildfire is under control
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Firefighters brought a wildfire in the French Riviera under control Thursday after it ripped through 2,500 acres of brush and trees, destroyed a home and forced the evacuation of campsites.
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By SCOTT LINDLAW  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Firefighters racing the weather for control of a turbulent wildfire near this popular resort got a bit of a break Wednesday as high winds forecast to arrive by early afternoon held off, giving crews time to shore up their defenses.
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A major fire sparked by an explosion at a chemical plant  in Ayrshire is under control,  firefighters say.
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A fire on the roof of the Monte Carlo hotel-casino forced guests and gamblers to flee and sent flaming embers raining down on the Las Vegas Strip, but firefighters quickly gained control of the fire.
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Winds relented throughout fire-ravaged Greece yesterday, enabling thousands of firefighters to tame a wave of fires that killed at least 64 people and obliterated huge tracts of fields and forests over six days.
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By Josh Hoke, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 10--BUCKSVILLE COMMUNITY -- Five foresters spent much of Friday starting and controlling a small fire they said could prevent larger blazes in the area.
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COLEVILLE, Calif. - Firefighters on Thursday reported big gains in controlling a wildfire that had forced residents to flee this scenic eastern Sierra Nevada community.
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Aided by light winds, firefighters made "outstanding" inroads Monday against a wildfire that has killed three people and burned more than 54 square miles.
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Crews battling hundreds of forest fires for the past two weeks in Spain's northwestern Galicia region have managed to control all but four blazes, officials said Tuesday. None of those fires is considered serious, and rain is forecast for Wednesday, the rural affairs department of the Galician regional government said.
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By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 18--Two blazes that consumed about 2,500 acres in the Burke County wilderness were quelled by weekend storms and have been contained, authorities said Monday.
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Greek firefighters started to get to grips with countrywide forest fires on Wednesday after six devastating days, but warned that a coming heatwave could reignite the flames that have killed at least 63 people.
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Firefighters racing the weather for control of a turbulent wildfire near this popular resort got a break Wednesday as high winds forecast to arrive by early afternoon held off, giving crews time to shore up their defenses.
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Dozens of wildfires raged across northwestern Spain on Monday, and authorities said most of the blazes that have killed three people and destroyed thousands of acres of woodland were deliberately set.
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Officials declared victory Sunday over a wildfire that just missed two upscale subdivisions in the Sierra foothills west of Reno.
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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.
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Firefighters believe it could take another few days to control a blaze burning in the Grampians National Park. The fire, at the Bomjinna Picnic Ground, started on Christmas Day, burning almost 400 hectares of rugged bushland.
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A lull in strong winds fanning one of the largest wildfires in California history helped firefighters as they battled to bring the blaze under control, state officials said.