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1 hr ago | KFVS12

Firefighters fight brush fire in Cape Girardeau

Cape Girardeau firefighters are fighting a fire in some woods in the Juden Creek Conservation Area.

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Related Topix: Cape Girardeau, MO, Natural Disasters, Fire

10 hrs ago | The West Australian

Top award for WA fire expert

Perth scientist Lachie McCaw has been awarded the top prize at the inaugural Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre Awards for Excellence.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Age

Record hot spell poses blaze threat

AS PARTS of Victoria prepared for the first severe bushfire conditions of the season this weekend, authorities came under attack yesterday after they lost control of a planned burn on the Mornington Peninsula.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Canada

Journal Gazette

Wildfire spreads in Ohio's national forest

IRONTON, Ohio Firefighters are trying to contain a wildfire that has spread through an estimated 70 acres in Ohio's only national forest.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Ironton, OH

Oshkosh Northwestern

Marsh fire destroys 70 acres of land Sunday afternoon

More than 70 acres of marsh on Rush Lake was destroyed in a vegetation fire in the town of Nepeuskun Sunday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Winnebago County, WI, Ripon, WI

Mon Nov 09, 2009

The Gazette

Fire levels home southwest of Bear Creek Regional Park

A fire leveled a large home in Colorado Springs' western foothills this evening, sending firefighters on a race to prevent flames from spreading to the surrounding woods and fields and evacuating 24 homes.

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Related Topix: Fire, Colorado Springs, CO, Colorado Springs Metro, El Paso County, CO, Natural Disasters

WVNS-TV

Brush Fire In Garden Ground

A brush fire in Fayette County has burned roughly 40 acres according to fire officials.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Raleigh County, WV

WWSB

Crews battle brush fire at Alafia River State Park

Crews are working to control a brush fire in Alafia River State Park that has burned through 500 acres of land in eastern Hillsborough County.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Hillsborough County, FL

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Fort Collins Coloradoan

100-acre Livermore fire contained

Firefighters on Sunday contained a 100-acre wildfire burning east of Hewlett Gulch Road and Red Feather Lakes Road that started on private property.

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Related Topix: Fire, Livermore, CO, Natural Disasters, Red Feather Lakes, CO, Larimer County, CO

KFMB-am

Brush fire near SDSU likely arson, investigators say

Police are investigating the cause of a brush fire that burned about three acres of a canyon where homeless people sleep near San Diego State University Saturday night.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, San Diego, CA, San Diego Metro

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Police and Fire

A 23-year-old man shot by police last week at a Waikele KFC drive-through is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow after his release from the hospital Friday.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Metal, Wildfire, Waianae, HI

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The State Journal

Six Fire Departments Battle Bridgeport Brush Fire

With warm temperatures and breezy conditions Saturday, several brush fires kept fire departments around North Central West Virginia busy.

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Related Topix: Bridgeport, WV, Natural Disasters, Fire, Nutter Fort, WV, Spelter, WV, Shinnston, WV, Anmoore, WV

City of Santa Fe

Santa Fe Fire Department Receives Youth Conservation Corps Grant

The Fire Department will use these funds to hire 10 individuals for a wildland firefighting handcrew.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, 9, Santa Fe Metro, Santa Fe, NM

Fort Mill Times

NV, CA delegations sponsor Lake Tahoe bill

Nevada and California congressional delegations have introduced legislation to extend the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act and continue efforts to combat invasive species, reduce wildfire risks and protect the lake's clarity.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Dean Heller, Shelley Berkley, Representative Dina Titus, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Tom McClintock, Democrat, California, California Government, Natural Disasters, Fire

Fri Nov 06, 2009

KRDO

Wild Fire Erupts in Field Across from Coronado High School

Firefighters are attempting to stop the spread of a wildfire that sparked in a field across from Coronado High School in Colorado Springs Friday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Colorado Springs, CO

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Chino Hills neighborhood voluntarily evacuated due to Diamond Bar fire

A Chino Hills neighborhood became the site of a voluntary evacuation this afternoon as a Diamond Bar brush fire edged close to the San Bernardino County line.

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Related Topix: Diamond Bar, CA, Chino Hills, CA, Natural Disasters, Fire, San Bernardino County, CA, Los Angeles County, CA

The Leaf-Chronicle

Wildfire season begins in Tenn. with plenty of moisture

NASHVILLE - With the drought conditions of the past couple of years washed away by above average rainfall this summer and autumn, the wildfire season has begun in Tennessee.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Nashville, TN, Nashville Metro

News.com.au

How to survive a bushfire

SURVIVAL: FESA have released a Prepare. Act. Survive document, advising people how to survive a bushfire.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Fort Mill Times

Flint Hill FD election Saturday

The Flint Hill Fire Department will hold an election for the Board of Directors on from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire

ABC News

Rescuer Who Lost Pets to Fire Finds 1 Weeks Later

Bobby Wright thought he had buried Smoky. The U.S. Forest Service worker had watched helplessly as a frenzied, massive forest fire turned toward the trailer where he lived with Smoky, a 6-month-old mutt, 20 other dogs and a rabbit named Bernie.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Entertainment

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