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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Arson is suspected in a large forest fire blazing in the mountains near Jerusalem. Some 15 firefighting teams, including from areas such as Tel Aviv and Herzliya, are battling the raging fire that began Thursday, according to Ynet.
GRASS VALLEY - Dark clouds rumbled over the Sierra Nevada mountain range early Sunday morning, sparking 25 lightning strikes and nine fires on the Tahoe National Forest.
The state stopped two fast moving new wildfires in the interior late yesterday (Monday) as hot, dry, windy conditions prevailed across the region. One of the blazes, at Healy Lake, between Delta Junction and Tok off the Alaska Highway, threatened homes and cabins. Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks Download Audio (MP3)
A fast-moving wildfire has burned roughly 500 acres in southwest Colorado and led to the evacuation of about 20 homes.
Crews have contained about a quarter of a wildfire burning near several homes in southwestern Colorado.
The Nevada resident nominated to become the next director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management lives in the area being burned by wildfires north of Reno.
A half-acre wildfire burning in Rampart Range on the Pike National Forest was attacked by air Thursday evening. The water drops appear to have extinguished the flames--no smoke is coming from the fire site Friday morning.
A wildfire burning in Placer County between Auburn and Foresthill was 40 percent contained by Thursday night. So far, the fire has burned at least 525 acres in the Mammoth Bar recreation area. No homes are currently threatened.
CARBONDALE-About a dozen people from local fire agencies and the public met Wednesday night at Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Agricultural Sciences building to discuss a Community Wildfire Protection Plan, an initiative to prepare rural landowners for the potential threat of wildfire.
Firefighters evacuated two campgrounds as they work to contain a 250-acre wildfire in the American River canyon east of Auburn.
Governor Rick Perry issued a disaster proclamation yesterday afternoon due to the looming threat of wildfires across much of the state. The proclamation grants the state the power to activate all "essential resources" in fighting potential fires. “As continued drought conditions have made the threat of wildfires a reality, the state is assisting in battling these fires, and we will continue to ...
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