Brush Fire Posed Danger to Homes
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A brush fire broke out Wednesday afternoon in the Stevenson Ranch and briefly threatened ridgeline homes before it was knocked down. One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion.  Eighty firefighters and two helicopters were dispatched at 3:43 p.m.
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Residents of two canyons were evacuated because of the threat from a wind-blown wildfire in central Washington that already had forced hundreds to flee their homes.
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A North Yorkshire stately home is almost destroyed by fire in the early hours, the fire service says.
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The fire that destroyed or damaged much of a new housing subdivision last month in the worst case of residential arson in the state's history.
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High humidity slowed a massive wildfire burning in the Santa Barbara County wilderness Friday, but also made it harder for firefighters to burn off the dense brush in its path.
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More than 1,000 firefighters are brought in to tackle a large blaze threatening hundreds of homes near Los Angeles.
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By Associated Press  COLUMBUS, Mont. -- Fire crews battled to contain a wind-whipped wildfire in south-central Montana that has spread across 180,000 acres and burned 26 homes.
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Dry conditions combined with fierce winds fueled wildfires in at least a dozen areas around Los Angeles and San Diego, threatening homes, forcing evacuations and causing at least one death on Sunday.
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Wildfires are flaring bigger and hotter in Alaska, the northern Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. Bighorn sheep, mountain goats and grizzly bears in Glacier National Park, along with deer and marsh rabbits in the Florida Keys, face a housing crisis.
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Heavy smoke has slowed firefighters battling a 280-square-mile wildfire and also prompted air-quality warnings for much of western Montana.
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Insurance companies are using satellites to identify homes at high risk of fire damage because of their proximity to brush--a development that alarms some state regulators and privacy advocates.
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Dozens of wildfires burning Tuesday across southern Australia destroyed more than a dozen homes and a popular ski lodge, while residents in a suburb of the western city of Perth were urged to flee an approaching blaze.
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The fire broke out in a four-story, multiple-family home in the Highbridge neighborhood, officials said.
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Firefighters battling a wildfire that has blackened nearly 290 square miles and burned 26 homes faced a new challenge, authorities said Wednesday: bees.
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Fires raged across Southern California, burning some houses to ground and sparing others in their path.
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Hundreds of firefighters battled Tuesday to contain a wildfire that has forced evacuations in Montana.  The Derby Mountain fire has blackened at least 180,000 acres since last week and gutted 26 homes and 20 outbuildings, the Billings (Mont.) Gazette reported.
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MALIBU, Calif.  -- A wildfire driven by powerful winds in the Malibu Hills on Sunday threatened a university, destroyed at least one home and forced the evacuation of hundreds more, authorities said.