Brush Fire Finally Fully Extinguished
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By Nicole E. Squibbs, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Mar. 3--A brush fire that began on the California side of the Colorado River levee Tuesday, about one mile northeast of Pacific Avenue, was 100 percent controlled and contained by Friday afternoon.
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An evacuation order was lifted for a string of small northeastern Utah communities on Wednesday while firefighters made significant progress to tame a wildfire that has burned nearly 66 square miles.
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Gusting wind that whipped a small wildfire into an inferno that consumed six homes let up on Thursday, helping hundreds of firefighters beat back the flames.
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By Malaika Fraley, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun. 12--LIVERMORE -- A brush fire that burned more than seven acres at Morgan Territory Road north of Livermore on Monday was started by sparks after a lawnmower struck a rock, firefighters said.
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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 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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Winds relented throughout fire-ravaged Greece yesterday, enabling thousands of firefighters to tame a wave of fires that killed at least 64 people and obliterated huge tracts of fields and forests over six days.
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By Matt Dees, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 24--DURHAM -- The fire at the Durham Yard Waste Compost Facility -- the cause of respiratory problems among frustrated neighbors as it burned for 13 days -- was extinguished Saturday.
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SILVERADO CANYON, California  - Cool weather and calm skies helped thousands of firefighters beat back Southern California wildfires on Saturday, although flare-ups in some places meant the battle was not yet over.
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Even as many of the wildfires in flame-ravaged Southern California died down and residents returned home, lingering dust and soot-laden air made it difficult for many to breathe even a sigh of relief Saturday.
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EDMONTON (CP) - Fire crews extinguished a blazing gas well Tuesday night that had burst into flame shortly after hundreds of people who had been evacuated returned to their homes.
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Officials declared victory Sunday over a wildfire that just missed two upscale subdivisions in the Sierra foothills west of Reno.
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Cooler temperatures and higher humidity helped firefighters Monday as they got closer to fully containing one of the largest wildfires in California history.
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By George Kelly, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 5--Firefighters extinguished a single-alarm house fire this morning, a Contra Costa Fire Protection District dispatcher said.   The fire began just before 5 a.m. in the 12200 block of Byron Highway, the dispatcher said.
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By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 26--A training session in Garden Canyon on the Fort Huachuca post resulted in a brush fire that has burned about 200 acres during the last six hours hours, an official said.
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Firefighters sprayed water with snowmaking machines to save a $12 million log ski lodge from a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 homes, officials said Monday.
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People who lost their homes and belongings to a devastating wildfire were allowed to briefly return to their burned-out neighborhoods Friday as authorities declared the blaze mostly contained.