Brush Fire Started By Lawnmower Sparks
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By Malaika Fraley, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun. 12--LIVERMORE -- A brush fire that burned more than seven acres at Morgan Territory Road north of Livermore on Monday was started by sparks after a lawnmower struck a rock, firefighters said.
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Outdoor wood-fired boilers are a fast-growing alternative energy fad â and for some, the latest suburban scourge.
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A wind-driven brush fire in the Sierra foothills exploded to more than 8 square miles Friday, threatening two subdivisions just west of Reno.
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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 ELLIOTT MINOR ALBANY, Ga. - For a quarter century, chefs at pricey steakhouses have been searing meat on burners that cook with infrared energy. Now the high-temperature technology may be coming to a backyard barbecue near you.
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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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NEW ULM, Minn. - Too bad firefighters didn't have a pile of popcorn handy - or better yet, loads of lobster tails.  An intense fire consumed half of the roof of the Associated Milk Producers Inc. butter packaging plant, sending melted butter flowing out of the facility.
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By Greg Elwell, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 20--CASHION -- Officials said drivers, not the flames, were the biggest danger to firefighters working a grass fire near Cashion on Monday morning.
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The lawnmower company has a sharp quarter.
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By SHANNON DININNY  STEHEKIN, Wash. - Firefighters cut trees and vegetation Tuesday to try slowing the growth of an 11-square-mile wildfire that has chased summer tourists from this rural, mountainous region.
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By Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Feb. 20--A firefighter works to put out a grass fire off Woodruff Lane near Matthews Lane in Yuba County on Monday.
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Authorities evacuated at least 200 homes as a fast-moving brush fire scorched 300 acres of parched hillside Sunday and crept into backyards, Orange County fire officials said.
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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.
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The reason for the fire was not immediately known but Film City sources say it could be due to a short circuit.
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By Michael Biesecker, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 19--DURHAM -- As Durham's yard waste fire smolders into a second week, a sickening, smothering fog settles over nearby homes each night.
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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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By Jessica Klipa, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Mar. 3--MANATEE -- On the same day that the state issued a heightened wildfire awareness alert, a controlled burn got out of hand in Parrish during a land clearing operation off Mendoza Road.