SC fire forces 60 homes to be evacuated
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A wind-whipped forest fire forced the evacuation of 60 homes and threatened to burn several houses as smoke billowed above this small city near the South Carolina coast Sunday, officials said.
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Death toll of 50 is highest for 20 years as debris hampers rescue in eight southern states
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Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate their homes and an interstate was closed in two of the many wildfires that dotted the West on Friday.
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Residents of a previously drought-stricken area of southeastern Australian were Friday being evacuated to safety as rising floodwaters threatened to swamp homes and farmland.
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A mandatory evacuation was ordered Saturday for residents of more than 1,000 homes south of Ketchum, where a massive wildfire raged and high winds grounded firefighting air tankers.
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Up to 17,000 people are told to leave their homes after a huge explosion at a chemical plant in North Carolina.
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Federal officials on Friday were tracking 60 large, active fires that were burning more than 1 million acres, or more than 1,500 square miles, across the West.
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More than 1,000 firefighters are brought in to tackle a large blaze threatening hundreds of homes near Los Angeles.
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About 100 homes are evacuated in South Yorkshire as engineers say a dam could burst after torrential rain.
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By CLARA GARCIA Valencia County News-Bulletin AND MIGUEL NAVROT Journal Staff Writer  BELEN -- Hundreds of Valencia County residents were evacuated from their homes Friday as fire swept through the bosque west of Rio Communities and as far south as Casa Colorada.
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Twenty people are moved from their homes as firefighters tackle a blaze in County Londonderry.
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Firefighters hoped for high winds to abate on Tuesday, enabling them to start containing the fast-moving fires that have engulfed a swath of Southern California, claimed some 700 homes and sent thousands fleeing.
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A 6,600-acre wildfire forced the evacuation of more than a hundred homes in rural San Diego County, and authorities warned Monday that two other communities with a total of 1,350 homes could be next.
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A wildfire that has forced the evacuation of hundreds of expensive homes and once threatened the Sun Valley ski area was expected to be fully contained Monday, a fire manager said.
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Hundreds of thousands of people fled as out-of-control wind-whipped wildfires raged across California on Monday, threatening homes and stretching emergency services to breaking point.
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More than 250,000 people fled their homes as out-of-control wildfires raged across California on Monday, prompting authorities to draft in the US military to support weary firefighters.
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About 300 homes were evacuated Sunday as Southern California firefighters worked on a wildfire that has burned more than 80,000 acres near Los Angeles.  The evacuations were precautionary, the Los Angeles Times reported.