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A push to thin forests to curb wildfires By Dave Moller Senior Staff Writer The Nevada County supervisors will be asked Tuesday to send a letter to Rep. Tom McClintock asking him to continue to push a bill to thin California's forests to protect them from runaway wildfire. The county has 218,000 acres of federal land that are "at least 10 times as dense as their historic structure, choked with ...
Emergency dispatchers say a forest fire is under control between Washington County, Virginia and Russell County.
The U.S. Forest Service is fighting a forest fire between Washington County, Virginia and Russell County.
Crews have contained a wild fire burning just north of Santa Maria.
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- Fire officials in Brevard County are trying to figure out what sparked two suspicious wildfires in Palm Bay. One fire started Sunday near Malabar Road and I-95. It burned about 10 acres. Another fire burned one acre near the Melbourne Tillman Canal.
Local residents urged to provide input in developing Community Wildfire Protection Plans.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A fire official in San Diego said firefighting efforts against a wildfire in the California city's Del Cerro area is being impeded by terrain.
The St. Charles County Parks Department plans to light controlled forest fires from November to April as part of the parks' regular maintenance.
A gated community in Scottsdale is the first in Maricopa County to earn recognition from the National Firewise Communities Program.
Consumers filed 391 complaints of unfair treatment by insurance carriers in the aftermath of the 2007 Witch fire in San Diego. Insurance commissioner tells firms to pay claims quickly. California regulators have recovered more than $27 million from insurance companies stemming from several hundred complaints filed by victims after a devastating 2007 wildfire in San Diego County, officials said ...
Equestrian Alaina Kral of Carmel Valley can remember how during the October 2007 wildfires, evacuation centers were overwhelmed and her horses had nowhere to go.
