27 Wildfires Reported in Piedmont, Foothills: Dry Air, Wind Prompt Area Red-Flag Warning
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By Sherry Youngquist, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 23--MOUNT AIRY   Firefighters battled more than 27 wildfires in the Piedmont and foothills yesterday.   About 40 acres burned, said the N.C. Division of Forest Resources, which helped local firefighters with the fires.
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By NATE DEGRAFF  Lawns are browning. Farm fields are drying out. This month is one of the driest Mays on record.  But Guilford County is not in serious drought. Yet.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Thousands of firefighters rushed to contain more than a dozen wildfires burning across southern Australia on Friday amid fears that high temperatures and gusty winds forecast this weekend could further stoke the blazes, threatening farms and towns.
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Fire crews were hoping for a Monday morning lull in the winds that have been fanning a 2,000-acre wildfire across northeastern California, where it has scorched more than 220 homes and other buildings, authorities said.
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By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 13--Officials say a fire at a vacant house in northeast Charlotte early this morning caused about $25,000 damage.   The fire was reported about 4:30 a.m. in the 5300 block of Kildare Drive, south of The Plaza and off Milton Drive.
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By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO  OMEGA, Ga. - The sky above Randy Scarbor's south Georgia cantaloupe fields was overcast, but the clouds were from massive wildfires to the east. No rain was forecast for the last day in May, a month that set records for dry conditions in Georgia.
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Firefighters and homeowners got cooler temperatures and hint of rain Friday to help douse a wildfire that has forced people out of homes and cabins.
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RENO, Nev.  -- For the first time in three months, firefighters in northeastern Nevada may get a chance to catch their breath.  Crews nearly contained the last of two wildfires that have burned more than 407 square miles since Sept. 3 around Elko, 290 miles east 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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Fire crews scrambled on Monday to control scores of wildfires that flared up in drought-stricken Virginia and the Carolinas over the weekend.
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By R. SCOTT RAPPOLD THE GAZETTE  A murky pall hovered over the Pikes Peak region Wednesday, caused by smoke from dozens of wildfires burning more than 600 miles away.
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By Phil Long, The Miami Herald  Mar. 5--Cool, windy, dry conditions have made all of South Florida and the Treasure Coast highly susceptible to wildfires today.   There is a "red flag" warning in effect through 7 p.m.
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Conditions that fanned wildfires and forced evacuations in parts of Texas were expected to improve Wednesday, but areas still faced the threat of wildfires through the end of the week.
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The latest updates on the wildfires raging across Southern California.
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By AP Wire Service  COLUMBUS, Mont.  -- 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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Firefighters racing the weather for control of a turbulent wildfire near this popular resort got a bit of 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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A forest fire in a remote area of the northeast Sierra Nevada spread during the night but light wind moved the flames away from homes Saturday, officials said.