Probe of Calif. Fires Lays Most Blame on Power Lines
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LOS ANGELES -- When the firestorms of October were finally extinguished and hundreds of thousands of Southern Californians returned to their homes, officials set out to understand how 21 fires erupted in the span of just three days.
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The U.S. Forest Service committed safety violations that contributed to the deaths of five of its firefighters in a Southern California blaze last year, workplace safety regulators said Thursday.
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The reason for the fire was not immediately known but Film City sources say it could be due to a short circuit.
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SANTA YSABEL, California  - As California struggles to extinguish some of the state's most devastating forest fires, it has turned to a record number of prisoners for some of the most demanding work.
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A utility worker was electrocuted Tuesday and another severely burned as crews tried to restore power to more than 150,000 homes and businesses that have been without air conditioning for nearly a week.
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Federal product-safety officials said Friday they were investigating whether there were any design flaws in a portable space heater blamed for a house fire that killed nine people.
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SAN DIEGO Oct. 7, 2004 - A federal grand jury indicted a hunter on charges he started the largest wildfire in California history last year&#39;s Cedar Fire, which charred 273,000 acres and killed 15 people.
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LaDainian Tomlinson was one of 40 members of the San Diego Chargersâ organization who were forced to evacuate their homes as wildfires burned in San Diego County.
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No smoke without liars The California wildfire disaster, like so many other tragedies involving loss of life, has become the subject of an online scam. If the history of incidents like the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster and Hurricane Katrina is anything to go by, fire-themed malware is likely to follow.â¦
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Around 40,000 homes across California were without power Tuesday as searing temperatures roasted the region and drained the electricity grid, authorities said.
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An investigation into a fire which claimed the lives of four firefighters finds officers were not given enough information.
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A house fire that killed 10 people earlier this month was most likely related to smoking, the state fire marshal said Thursday.
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Hotel fire which killed three people last August is being treated as a murder investigation, police say
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The week-long heat wave in Southern California has claimed four lives and caused power outages to more than half a million customers, utility and local officials said on Tuesday.
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California wildfires created an electricity "island" of San Diego County on Wednesday but a major blackout was averted when a key power transmission line to Arizona resumed operation in the afternoon, San Diego Gas & Electric Co. said.
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The fires raging in Southern California have likely caused hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage to homes and businesses, the state's insurance commissioner said on Tuesday.
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Investigators combed through an apartment complex early Saturday, trying to determine what caused a fire that killed two people, injured 18 others and forced rescuers to pull trapped residents from balconies.