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Florida under fire warning Friday

UPI - Fri Nov 27, 5:20 pm ET

MIAMI, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- South Florida was ripe for wild fires Friday, the National Weather Service in Miami warned, citing strong winds, low humidity and warm temperatures.

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Prescribed burn plans for today
Arizona Daily Sun - Fri Nov 20, 7:37 am ET
Pending favorable weather and ventilation conditions and approval from ADEQ, Coconino National Forest fire managers are planning burns on the following projects for today:
SoCal wildfire 100 percent contained
The San Francisco Examiner - Thu Nov 19, 12:24 am ET
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIF. — Firefighters have fully surrounded a 145-acre wildfire in southern Orange County. Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Greg McKeown says the fire was 100 percent contained by 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Southern California wildfire 75 percent contained
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 17, 2:33 pm ET
A 245-acre wildfire in coastal mountains of Southern California was 75 percent contained Tuesday, Orange County authorities said. No homes were threatened.
Wildfire east of San Juan Capistrano nearly contained
Los Angeles Times - Tue Nov 17, 9:46 pm ET
Crews are aided by cooler temperatures and higher humidity. Full containment of the blaze, which has burned about 145 acres of heavy brush, is expected Wednesday, officials say. Fire crews nearly encircled a wildfire burning east of San Juan Capistrano on Tuesday afternoon as temperatures began to cool slightly throughout Southern California.
San Juan Capistrano Wildfire 95 Percent Contained
CBS 2 Los Angeles - Wed Nov 18, 2:23 am ET
Cold weather and calm winds are helping firefighters in their battle against a wildfire in southern Orange County.
Earl Cooley dies at 98; smoke jumper was one of the first to make the leap
Los Angeles Times - Wed Nov 18, 9:40 pm ET
He wrote a book about the U.S. Forest Service's storied corps of parachutists who jump in hazardous, remote areas to quickly control fires that ground-based crews cannot reach. Earl Cooley, who was one of the first two U.S. Forest Service smoke jumpers to parachute into a forest fire and later was a spotter on the Mann Gulch fire that killed 13 firefighters, has died. He was 98.
MV to consider medical marijuana dispensary moratorium
Telluride Daily Planet - Fri Nov 20, 10:20 am ET
Medical marijuana dispensaries are spreading across Colorado like wildfire, and one of the next venues may be Mountain Village.
Steamboat briefs: Steamboat Springs receives $1M grant for tree removal
The Steamboat Pilot & Today - Fri Nov 20, 3:36 am ET
The city of Steamboat Springs has received a $1 million grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Colorado State Forest Service for removal of trees that present a wildfire risk in the Steamboat area.
Video: Wildfire
San Diego 6 - Tue Nov 17, 3:13 am ET
Fire crews continue to battle a raging wildfire in Orange County. Plus, investigators are trying to determine what sparked an RV fire in Escondido. 11/16/09
Small wildfire burning in Orange County
San Diego Union-Tribune - Mon Nov 16, 5:25 pm ET
A 20-acre wildfire is burning near San Juan Capistrano in Orange County but authorities say there aren't any homes nearby.