Residents given refuge after fire
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Some 20 people have stayed in temporary shelter after fire devastated the markets area of Camden,  north London.
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Residents were able Friday to return to homes in Central California communities that had been threatened by a gigantic wildfire for much of the summer.
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A family of four are rescued from a chip pan fire at their home in Ballymoney, County Antrim.
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Three people are rescued from an overnight fire at a block of flats in Armagh city.
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Firefighters racing the weather for control of a turbulent wildfire near this popular resort got a break Wednesday as high winds forecast to arrive by early afternoon held off, giving crews time to shore up their defenses.
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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.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - A suspected arson fire raced through an apartment complex in suburban Columbus on Sunday, killing 10 people who lived in the same apartment and forcing others to jump from third-story windows to escape.    At least 53 people were left homeless by the blaze in Prairie Township, which destroyed the building's roof and third floor, melted siding and left its wooden skeleton exposed...
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Wildfires spread to threaten new areas   Up to 950,000 people already evacuatedOfficials hope winds will aid firefighters todayHelp given by Mexico, state prisoners
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By Louis Galvan, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Feb. 8--As flames devoured a Calwa home early Wednesday and rescuers tried to break through security bars blocking windows and doors, neighbors could hear the cries of a little girl trapped inside.  "She was shouting, 'Mommy, Mommy.
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In the wake of a Charleston, S.C., blaze that claimed nine lives, a community struggles to make sense of its loss.
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By Gwen Florio  HELENA, Mont. -- Hundreds of people fled wildfires in the West on Thursday, even as cool, wet weather held a hint of relief for parts of the region.
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The last evacuation orders have been lifted for hundreds of residents and firefighters were being sent home Monday after reaching 85 percent containment of a wildfire south of Casper.
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High temperatures and low humidity prevented firefighters from extinguishing a fire Saturday that threatened at least two dozen homes in a small town in central Utah.
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HELOTES, Tex. -- The smoke comes and goes with the breeze, but some days it blankets Deanna Rodriguez's neighborhood, covering cars in grimy ash and seeping inside homes. Some days, when the wind blows from the south, her house becomes almost uninhabitable.
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Firefighters rescue a young couple trapped on the balcony of their flat during a blaze in west Belfast.
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By Josh Hoke, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 10--BUCKSVILLE COMMUNITY -- Five foresters spent much of Friday starting and controlling a small fire they said could prevent larger blazes in the area.
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By Karl Terry, The Portales News-Tribune, N.M.  Feb. 21--Concerns about a proposed year-round fire ban have apparently been spreading like wildfire since Roosevelt County Commissioners tabled the measure two weeks ago.