Pollution warning over US fires
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Residents hit by deadly California wildfires are warned of pollution levels three times higher than normal.
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By STEVE PATTERSON  A mulch fire that started Sunday at a Southside Jacksonville composting center is expected to burn through today, possibly sending smoke across Philips Highway.
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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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US News, VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Mount St. Helens yesterday blew off its largest plume of steam and ash so far since it stirred to life late last month, prompting federal scientists to issue an ashfall advisory
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By Gwen Break, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  May 26--The South Walton Fire District issued a press release early May 24 advising residents that the heavy smoke in the area was from a fi re approximately 250 miles to the east.
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Preliminary findings suggest that outdoor secondhand smoke could constitute a health risk.
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By Bill Graham, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Jun. 25--Explosions and a fire Sunday at a chemical plant in Richmond left no air pollution problems that could harm residents or firefighters, a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Agency said today.
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The move, part of sanctions against continued rocket fire, prompted a warning from the United States.
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Wind-blown wildfires threatened more than 1,100 homes in Colorado and Arizona, where drought conditions and gusting winds created ideal conditions for spreading the flames.
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National data released by the US Environmental Protection Agency today reveals that several Southern California metropolitan areas have seen a sharp decrease in the amount of fine particle pollution contributing to local air quality problems over the past
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A list of the world's 10 most polluted towns and cities is published by a US-based environmental group.
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By Staci Matlock, The Santa Fe New Mexican  Jun. 26--A cottonwood bosque fire near Tesuque on Sunday that forced the evacuation of a halfdozen homes is a warning of the increasing fire danger as vegetation dries up and the temperatures rise.
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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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Terrorist attacks on tankers carrying liquefied natural gas into a U.S. port could trigger a fire that could burn the skin of people a mile away and cause "major injuries and significant structural damage" within about a third of a mile, according to a government study released yesterday.
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NEW YORK  - The wildfires that swept through Southern California in 2003 may have caused wheezing and other respiratory problems in many children, even those without asthma, according to a new study.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Sep. 15--It is tempting to hurl rhetorical firebombs at a political system that fails to protect homeowners from fireworks damage just because they live in unincorporated areas. And to scorch the S.C.
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Large parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore are covered by thick smog from Indonesian bush fires.