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Firefighters have California blaze nearly half contained
2013-07-21 06:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Cooler weather helped firefighters make significant gains on Saturday against a massive wildfire in Southern California, as crews cut containment lines around nearly 50 percent of the blaze. The so-called Mountain Fire has burned across more than 27,000 acres of dry brush and timber and destroyed seven residences since it broke out on Monday. At least 5,600 residents remain under evacuation orders. The more than 3,000 firefighters tackling the blaze on Saturday managed to expand containment...
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NEWS RELEASE 6/25/13: Firefighters to Pay Tribute to 36 Fallen Heroes During 102nd Annual Campbell Memorial Ceremony
2013-07-10 01:33:23| PortlandOnline
NEWS RELEASE 5/31/13: Four Houston Firefighters Die in 5-Alarm Blaze
2013-07-10 00:16:22| PortlandOnline
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Firefighters lose ground to 2 big Nevada wildfires
2013-07-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Two large Nevada wildfires advanced Tuesday through mountain areas near Las Vegas and southwest of Reno, while firefighters added resources and began looking to the weather to help quell flames. Fifty firefighters were added to the effort at the Carpenter 1 Fire on Mount Charleston northwest of Las Vegas, bringing to more than 800 the number of personnel battling the blaze identified as the top priority in the West, U.S. Forest Service spokesman Jay Nichols said. "We've got a fire running from...
Firefighters warn of extreme fire danger in central California
2013-07-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fresno Bee: Nineteen of the country's best firefighters died last week in Arizona defending Yarnell, population about 700 -- "where a desert breeze meets the mountain air," as the town's entrance sign reads. It also is where urban living meets wildlands. Firefighters dig in to protect people and property in places like this all over the arid West. Sometimes, nature suddenly takes their lives. No one remembers this kind of heartbreak over the last century along Fresno County's Highway 168 up to Shaver Lake,...
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