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Military, agencies train for wildfire season
El Cajon :: CA :: USA | 10 days ago
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Five local fire, law enforcement and military agencies wrapped up their annual fire-season training Thursday afternoon. From the looks of what has already taken place in the state, they could be busy this year. Marine Corps units from Camp Pendleton
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Barker: New Interior secretary plans Boise visit to talk fire
Boise :: ID :: USA | 10 days ago
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Sally Jewell Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will make her first visit to the National Interagency Fire Center with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Monday. The two landlords for most of the West's public lands will meet with the press to talk about
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Crews look for hot spots at Southern Calif. fire
Camarillo :: CA :: USA | 10 days ago
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Southern California firefighters remain on the lookout for hot spots a week after a wildfire erupted near Camarillo and Thousand Oaks. The Ventura County Fire Department said Thursday the fire is 96 percent contained. It's been days since there were
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Gov. Hickenlooper gets annual wildfire briefing
Centennial :: CO :: USA | 11 days ago
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Colo.Gov. John Hickenlooper is about to get his annual briefing about the risk of wildfires this summer in Colorado. State and federal officials will update him on the wildfire danger as well as preparedness efforts on Thursday at Centennial Airport
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Wildfire hits remote eastern Maine area
Machias :: ME :: USA | 11 days ago
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Maine (AP) Maine Forest Rangers are fighting a wildfire in a remote area Down East. TV (http://on.wcsh6.com/10qU94z ) reports that the fire has consumed about 100 acres of growth in an unorganized township near Cherryfield. The wildfire in T18 MD is
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Two forest fires burn in New Brunswick, Canada
New Brunswick :: NJ :: USA | 12 days ago
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Two forest fires in New Brunswick, Canada, have destroyed at least three homes and forced the evacuation of numerous others, officials said. As of Tuesday afternoon, the fire burning near Petitcodiac was 25 percent contained, the provincial
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Predetermined date for campfire ban best
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | 12 days ago
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Arizona Daily Sun 29 minutes ago To the editor: Your editorial regarding the danger of dispersed campfires and high-heat implements was well thought out. I favor the predetermined, fixed dates (May 1 through July 15) for banning dispersed campfires
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Big Southern California fire 95 percent contained
Camarillo :: CA :: USA | 12 days ago
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A big Southern California wildfire has been reduced to ashes and embers but authorities say it's still a threat. Mike Lindbery of the Ventura County Fire Department says the blaze in the Camarillo area is 95 percent contained...Lindbery says there's
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S.W. Colo. legislators still on fire
Durango :: CO :: USA | 12 days ago
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Lost in the clamor of all the controversial happenings at the state Capitol, Southwest Colorado's lawmakers have quietly succeeded in passing a handful of forest fire-prevention bills. With a multitude of small trees and few government resources to
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Earth log: This fire season may be very ugly
Fresno :: TX :: USA | 12 days ago
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tool goes here It's going to be a dry, ugly summer. We're only in May and fires have begun erupting around the state. Our reservoirs aren't close to capacity and they won't get help from the remaining snowpack. Climate change has created a "new
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