Fire Shows Stubborn Streak: Flames Persist, and the Evacuation Order Continues. But EPA Officials Say That the Air Quality is OK.
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By John Shultz, Kevin Murphy and Tony Rizzo, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 9--Firefighters pumped foam Thursday evening over smoldering remnants of a blaze that a day earlier cast a threatening black cloud over Kansas City, but some stubborn hot spots remained.
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California firefighters aided by cooler weather Wednesday reported steady progress on a fire that has burned for nearly four days through the Cleveland National Forest east of San Diego.
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By Erika Ray, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Dec. 10--When flames erupted from a barn stocked with bales of straw and hay east of Findlay in October, the Vanlue Volunteer Fire Department was notified of the emergency.   Six firefighters responded out of the 24 on its roster.
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By Michael McNutt, The Daily Oklahoman  Sep. 13--Burning restrictions were lifted Tuesday for about half the counties in the state, including Oklahoma and Tulsa counties.   Recent rains, mainly in the northwestern and western parts of the state, prompted Gov.
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Official say conditions improved over the day, but they remain braced for trouble this evening.
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By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 18--Two blazes that consumed about 2,500 acres in the Burke County wilderness were quelled by weekend storms and have been contained, authorities said Monday.
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By Scott Streater, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  May 26--The federal Environmental Protection Agency continues to press the state over last-minute changes that appear to weaken an ozone clean-up for Dallas-Fort Worth.
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By Scott Streater, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 7--Local leaders are becoming frustrated with the ongoing efforts to devise a plan to clean up ozone in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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By William M. Welch  LOS ANGELES -- Extremely dry brush and fickle winds have kept alive for more than three weeks a wildfire that is only 40% contained and has scorched 200 square miles of mountainous terrain northwest of Los Angeles.
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Battling fires and rescuing people, though fascinating to behold, doesn&#39;t necessarily make for compelling drama. The challenge is telling a story that&#39;s true to the episodic nature of firefighting, yet not
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A measure of normalcy began to return to this resort community Thursday, even as crews battled an unpredictable mountain wildfire for a fifth day. Sunbathers ventured to some beaches, and the smoke lurking in the mountains largely cleared.
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By Aaron Burgin, The Porterville Recorder, Calif.  Feb. 23--VISALIA -- A Tulare County Superior Court Judge said Thursday a Tulare man, accused of starting the fires that allegedly led to the Sept. 6 death of two airborne firefighters, did not set the fires with malicious intent.
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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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By Heath Druzin, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 10--It's nearly fall, but the summer fire season stayed active Saturday with six new fires reported in the Boise National Forest.
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By Becky Stoppa, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun. 23--High humidity and cool temperatures are helping to hold the Big Su fire steady at about 9,475 acres today, said Matt Weaver, spokesman for the state Division of Forestry.
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Hurricane Jeanne&#39;s erratic movements are keeping area weather and emergency officials on guard and hopeful its glance over the Carolina coast early next week won&#39;t bring major damage and devastation.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 19--The air has turned cooler and clearer, promising the end to a long fire season.