Blaze Burns 140 Acres; Cause to Be Investigated
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CEDAR FORT, Utah County -- A wildfire burned 140 acres Sunday afternoon about half a mile east of town near state Route 73.  The fire started about 3:20 p.m. Because there was no lightning, firefighters believe the blaze was caused by humans. Utah County Sheriff's Lt.
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A fire which caused extensive damage to a Beptist church in Downpatrick is suspicious, say police.
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Police say they are treating a fire last night in the seaside town of Ballycastle, County Antrim, as suspicious.
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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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A team of local and federal investigators are looking for the source of the extra-alarm fire at the LaSalle Bank Building amid the charred remains of the building&#39;s 29th and 30th floors.
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Â· Arsonist may be among hundreds interviewedÂ· Experts say speed of blaze rules out accidental cause
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A fire in Yosemite National Park's Hetch Hetchy basin grew to 1,500 acres Saturday, and park officials were searching for a man suspected of setting the blaze.
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By GORDON JACKSON  KINGSLAND -- A wildfire stretching from Waycross to Lake City, Fla., has surpassed the 600,000-acre milestone and is still growing.  The question is how much bigger will it get.
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The fire broke out in a four-story, multiple-family home in the Highbridge neighborhood, officials said.
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By BROUN, Britton  FIREFIGHTERS and helicopters spent a day battling a fire that blazed over 150 hectares of farmland near Bulls, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.
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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.
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A major fire which caused millions of pounds of damage was started deliberately, say police.
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Firefighters in Northern California got a break Saturday when winds that had whipped 45 wildfires died down.  One of the largest fires, which charred 400 acres west of Yountville Friday, was 60 percent contained Saturday morning, the Napa Valley Register reported.
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By Stephen Curran, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 8--A propane burner sparked a fire that charred about 7 acres this morning.   CDF/County Fire crews contained the blaze west of Atascadero on Coyote Canyon Road off O'Donovan about 11:50 a.m., officials said.
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By Rex Bowman, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Dec. 15--A fire that blackened nearly 2,900 acres of the George Washington National Forest this week was deliberately set, investigators said yesterday as firefighters declared the blaze under control.
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By Neil Gonzales  ATHERTON -- Problems with Atherton's building procedures have resulted in some of the town's large homes possibly becoming fire hazards, according to a San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury interim report released this week.
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By The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.  Dec. 13--It took all night, but area firefighters controlled a brush fire that engulfed 25 acres of land.  The brush fire was reported Monday afternoon in a patch of woods off Brands Run Road, near River Road.