Steady Winds Fan Flames, Push Wildfire Over the Lines 16 to 20 Structures Were Threatened As Officials Went Door-to-Door to Evacuate Area Southwest of Waycross
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By GORDON JACKSON  WAYCROSS - An undetermined number of residents were evacuated Thursday from an area southwest of Waycross after strong winds pushed flames across containment lines that had held the past three weeks.
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A wildfire near Lake Tahoe was 40 percent contained Tuesday morning, but authorities said it still threatened more than 1,000 structures.
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Forestry and fire officials called for hundreds of residents to be evacuated after a fierce wildfire raging outside Los Angeles regained momentum.
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Twenty people are moved from their homes as firefighters tackle a blaze in County Londonderry.
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Gusting wind that whipped a small wildfire into an inferno that consumed six homes let up on Thursday, helping hundreds of firefighters beat back the flames.
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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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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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An AT&T building was evacuated and   20 people were being treated following an incident involving   hazardous materials in Van Nuys, California, near Los Angeles,   Fox News said on Monday.
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A forecast for cooler weather Thursday was welcome news for firefighters battling a wildfire in southern Montana that nearly doubled in size a day earlier and prompted officials to urge several hundred of residents to leave their homes.
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By AP Wire Service  BIG TIMBER, Mont.  -- Lower temperatures and some overnight rain helped slow an enormous wildfire that had destroyed 20 homes and led to evacuation orders for hundreds of people.
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Some evacuation requests were lifted Saturday near a wildfire that has burned 26 homes and 20 other structures after the blaze didn't grow significantly overnight.
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At least 16 wind-driven wildfires burned from the Mexican border to areas north of Los Angeles on Tuesday, forcing more than half a million people from their homes and claiming a second life on the third day of fire calamity.
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By Associated Press  COLUMBUS, Mont. -- Fire crews battled to contain a wind-whipped wildfire in south-central Montana that has spread across 180,000 acres and burned 26 homes.
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By GORDON JACKSON  WAYCROSS -- Firefighters at a staging area at the intersection of Swamp Road and Suwannee Church Road scattered from nearby woods Friday afternoon as a wildfire made another run.
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By CATHERINE TSAI  NEW CASTLE, Colo. - Crews battling a 1,800-acre wildfire in western Colorado got a break Wednesday from the strong winds that quickly spread the flames the previous two days.
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An AT&T building was evacuated and   20 people were being treated following an incident involving   hazardous materials in Los Angeles, Fox News said on Monday.
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A trio of fires driven by strong Santa Ana winds broke out Sunday morning, endangering dozens of homes in canyons and on hillsides, authorities said.