Fire rages in National Park
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FIREFIGHTERS will backburn this afternoon in an attempt to gain control of a bushfire in rugged country in the Grampians National Park in Victoria&#39;s west.
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Firefighters on Sunday battled a 9,200-acre wildfire that was bearing down on California's prized wine country and threatened to knock out power to parts of northern California.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  LINVILLE GORGE, N.C. - Two wildfires have charred more than 1,200 acres of the parched Pisgah National Forest in western North Carolina, officials said today.
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AN intense backburning effort by about 300 firefighters in Victoria&#39;s Grampians National Park is expected to protect nearby townships from bushfires.
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A fire broke out near Vice President Dick Cheney's ceremonial office in a building next to the White House on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate.
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Calm, cooler weather and unusually high humidity Friday helped firefighters battling a wildfire that had threatened hundreds of homes and burned four cabins.
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By REX BOWMAN  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 PATRICIA FARRELL AIDEM\\ Staff Writer  NEWHALL -- Firefighters made quick work Thursday of a brush fire that broke out at the mouth of Whitney Canyon in Newhall, but the region was under a blanket of smoke all day from the much larger forest fire burning to the north.
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Fire crews struggled with hot, dry and windy weather Monday as they fought to protect hundreds of homes and businesses from a 1,500-acre wildfire creeping into northern Arizona&#039;s scenic Oak Creek Canyon.
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BIG TIMBER, Mont. - Heavy smoke slowed firefighters battling a 280-square-mile wildfire Tuesday, and also prompted air-quality warnings for much of the western portion of the state.
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BOISE, Idaho  - An advance of the 35,386-acre Castle Rock Fire forced about 1,000 people from their homes in the resort town of Ketchum, Idaho, said officials with the forest service on Sunday.
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By David Kihara  By DAVID KIHARA  REVIEW-JOURNAL  The acrid smell of scorched landscape lingered in Red Rock Canyon on Thursday as more than 100 firefighters mopped up the remains of a 1,500-acre wildfire in the popular national conservation area.
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A national command team and three of the top firefighting teams in the country joined the battle Thursday against a 375-square-mile wildfire that has marched through rangeland during the past four days, threatening ranches, mines and wildlife habitat.
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A fire broke out near Vice President Dick Cheney's ceremonial office in a building overlooking the White House on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of government staffers to evacuate.
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Fire crews in Londonderry are tackling a huge blaze which has caused extensive damage at a retail park.
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By SHANNON DININNY  STEHEKIN, Wash. - Firefighters cut trees and vegetation Tuesday to try slowing the growth of an 11-square-mile wildfire that has chased summer tourists from this rural, mountainous region.
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BIG TIMBER, Mont.  -- An enormous wildfire that has prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people continued to spread Monday, though winds didn't kick up as much as firefighters had feared, a Forest Service official said.