Latest Updates on the Fires
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President Bush refused today to indulge a question asking him to compare the California wildfires and Hurricane Katrina.
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By Jessica Klipa, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Mar. 3--MANATEE -- On the same day that the state issued a heightened wildfire awareness alert, a controlled burn got out of hand in Parrish during a land clearing operation off Mendoza Road.
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At least three wildfires were burning Friday in southern Alaska with lightning strikes threatening to start more blazes.  The Big Su fire near the Susitna River and the Caribou fire on the Kenai Peninsula had both spread over thousands of acres this week, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
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By Mike Zapler, Rod Foo and Leslie Griffy, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 25--A massive wildfire is burning toward South Lake Tahoe today. The fire has scorched more than 2,500 acres, destroying more than 225 buildings and forcing hundreds of residents to flee from their homes.
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Crews battling hundreds of forest fires for the past two weeks in Spain's northwestern Galicia region have managed to control all but four blazes, officials said Tuesday. None of those fires is considered serious, and rain is forecast for Wednesday, the rural affairs department of the Galician regional government said.
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Useful Twitter feeds for people in Southern California. And useful lessons for the next disaster.
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By REX BOWMAN  Firefighters battling a five-day-old, 900-acre blaze in stiff winds and steep terrain near the Virginia-Kentucky line pinned it down yesterday with help from a light snow.
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Â· Arsonist may be among hundreds interviewedÂ· Experts say speed of blaze rules out accidental cause
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Graffiti scrawled on walls of Islamic primary school in Uden links fire to murder of flimmaker Van Gogh. THE HAGUE - A fire has caused major damage to an Islamic primary school in the southern Dutch town of
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Here is a sampling of new audio releases on topics from football to crime to politics:
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By Gene Warner, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Jun. 2--A fire at a Grand Island home early Friday caused an estimated $400,000 damage and led to the arrest of the 44-year-old homeowner, who was accused of interfering with firefighters and police officers.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 18--Snow falling in the mountains helped firefighters gain the upper hand on two large wildfires over the weekend.   Crews hope to contain the Middle Fork Complex fire today.
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By MARTIN GRIFFITH  RENO, Nev. - For the first time in three months, firefighters in northeastern Nevada may get a chance to catch their breath.  Crews nearly contained the last of two wildfires that have burned more than 407 square miles since Sept.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Thousands of firefighters rushed to contain more than a dozen wildfires burning across southern Australia on Friday amid fears that high temperatures and gusty winds forecast this weekend could further stoke the blazes, threatening farms and towns.
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Firefighters are to spend a second day at the scene of a blaze at a stately home almost destroyed by fire.
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By Charles D. Perry, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Jun. 10--GREAT FALLS -- Fighting fires in Great Falls is John Jones' life.
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