N.D. Blaze Burns 4,000 Acres in Badlands
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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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By Ben Winslow and Sara Israelsen Deseret Morning News  The U.S. military has admitted responsibility for a wildfire that started on the Utah Test and Training Range and quickly grew to a 32,000-acre blaze.
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Hundreds of firefighters battled Tuesday to contain a wildfire that has forced evacuations in Montana.  The Derby Mountain fire has blackened at least 180,000 acres since last week and gutted 26 homes and 20 outbuildings, the Billings (Mont.) Gazette reported.
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A northern California wildfire that destroyed 22 homes and two businesses in this historic gold mining town grew to nearly 10,000 acres Tuesday, but evacuated residents were able to return home.
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By CHRISTOPHER SMITH  BOISE, Idaho - Wildfires across the country have scorched more land in 2006 than in any year since at least 1960, burning an area twice the size of New Jersey.
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A 48,000-acre fire chewed through desert wilderness Thursday after destroying 100 homes and buildings and was on course to possibly merge with a blaze in the San Bernardino National Forest.
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By Julie Patel, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 23--More than 500 firefighters battled a 400-acre blaze Saturday in Napa County.   A fire started at about 8 a.m.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - Wildfires have scorched over  5 million acres in Alaska as of Tuesday, forestry officials  said, a new record that signals possible changes in climate  conditions and the composition of the vast forests.
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By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 26--More than 200 crew members Tuesday battled Burke County forest fires that have burned 1,100 acres in less than a week, authorities said.
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By The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 13--LAKEWOOD RANCH -- A tractor cutting brush at the Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park sparked a brushfire Tuesday afternoon that burned three acres and left the strong smell of burning wood lingering in the air.
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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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By Becky Stoppa, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun. 23--DESHKA LANDING -- The Big Su fire grew to 9,700 acres Friday, but lower temperatures and drizzling rain helped crews battling it.
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By GORDON JACKSON  KINGSLAND -- A wildfire stretching from Waycross to Lake City, Fla., has surpassed the 600,000-acre milestone and is still growing.  The question is how much bigger will it get.
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Flames leap 200 feet in the air and burn at 2,000 degrees. A rain of fire sets thousands of acres ablaze. The smoke jumpers may get the glory, but the battle is being won by the wildfire-simulation brigade. By Michael Behar from Wired magazine.
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A wildfire grew by an estimated 200 square miles in 24 hours, blackening grazing land Sunday as it threatened thousands of southern Idaho homes and facilities at an Air Force training range, fire officials said Sunday.
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Wildfires across the country have scorched more land in 2006 than in any year since at least 1960, burning an area twice the size of New Jersey.
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Firefighters try to stop a blaze spreading as three homes in one street are alight and four people are reported injured.