Some Residents Face Reality of Fireâs Devastation
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As winds began to die down, the reality of this weekâs wildfires began to resonate for thousands of evacuees.
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By CATHERINE TSAI NEW CASTLE, Colo. - If those ordered from their homes near a 1,000-acre fire in western Colorado left without a fuss, it could be because they've experienced the devastation of wildfires before.
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Rusty Thomas doesn't try to stop his hands from shaking, or his tears from showing, when he tells how his son tried to console his grief the night after nine of his firefighters perished in a furniture store blaze.
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Summer on Fire Island starts with a scramble to prepare houses for seasonal residents.
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Thanks to hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, names that will be burned into memory, residents learned the hard way: Florida has a target on its back.
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After three storms, many residents were ready for Jeanne, but others were blas&#233;.
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As the anniversary of a fire that killed 100 people approaches, survivors say they feel forgotten.
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On Scene: The cease-fire may be holding and Beirut's residents may be returning to normal life, but they know all too well that it may not last
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In this nation beset by violence, disease and environmental devastation, weary relief workers struggled yesterday to gauge the magnitude of the latest disaster
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With the firesâ advance slowed, another phase of firefighting has begun.
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During most of the six hours it took D.C. firefighters to extinguish a blaze that engulfed his condominium building, Paul Carabello huddled outside with his neighbors, clutching the things he had managed to save: his passport, Social Security card and cellphone.
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Survivors of firestorms that destroyed more than 2,000 homes in Southern California found reasons Sunday to be thankful even as the damage toll mounted and firefighters worked to contain blazes.
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Evacuation has been a struggle and an ever-changing odyssey for hundreds of thousands
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By Aaron Davis Associated Press  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - Hundreds of people filed into a community college student center throughout Monday and anxiously scanned computer printouts listing the homes destroyed in a raging forest fire 10 miles away.  Nearly everyone left in tears.
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As the anniversary of a Rhode Island fire that killed 100 people approaches, survivors say they feel forgotten.
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Joseph Policht could not have imagined the surprise waiting for him last year at the fire station in his hometown.
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A blaze that killed five federal firefighters last year has emboldened those who question the cost of saving the ever expanding number of homes on the fringe of wilderness.