2nd Fire Heads South,at Least 100,000 Acres Are Expected to Burn
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FOLKSTON, Ga. - Firefighters on Friday battled the second Georgia wildfire to burn more than 100,000 acres as gusty winds spread the  fast-moving blaze farther into northern Florida and toward the tiny town of  Fargo west of the Okefenokee Swamp.
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By The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.  Dec. 13--It took all night, but area firefighters controlled a brush fire that engulfed 25 acres of land.  The brush fire was reported Monday afternoon in a patch of woods off Brands Run Road, near River Road.
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By Shannon Dininny Associated Press  STEHEKIN, Wash. - Firefighters cut trees and vegetation Tuesday to try slowing the growth of an 11-square-mile wildfire that has chased summer tourists from this rural, mountainous region.
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The public is invited to an informal open house Monday to discuss salvage options on the Bland Mountain Fire. The August fire burned about 1,700 acres of Bureau of Land Management land, and the agency is considering salvaging up to 400 acres of that.
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Forest fires ravaging southeastern Australia have burned 800 square miles, but that could rise to 2,300 square miles within days, firefighters said Saturday.
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Firefighters are to spend a second day at the scene of a blaze at a stately home almost destroyed by fire.
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With the firesâ advance slowed, another phase of firefighting has begun.
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Fire crews were hoping for a Monday morning lull in the winds that have been fanning a 2,000-acre wildfire across northeastern California, where it has scorched more than 220 homes and other buildings, authorities said.
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Mild winds and moist air helped firefighters gain the advantage on two wildfires that have burned through nearly 15,000 acres of dry brush in Southern California.
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DRYDEN, Wash. -- A wind-blown wildfire grew to more than 11,000 acres early Wednesday as it moved into dry brush and grass in central Washington.
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BRUNSWICK, Ga. - As the cost of wildfires that have burned nearly 585,000  acres in southeast Georgia and north Florida continues to escalate,  President Bush brought a promise of help Tuesday.
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Huge wildfires, such as the ones that have charred more than 460,000 acres this week in Southern California, are becoming more common in the Western United States, and scientists say warming trends and other climate factors may be responsible.
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Crews used controlled fires to gain ground against an 1,800-acre blaze in western Colorado, but forecasters predicted more hot, dry weather and wind gusts on Thursday.
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By GIDEON RUBIN  ROSAMOND -- A massive blaze that began Sunday morning scorched more than 6,000 acres of pristine wilderness on the southeast face of the Tehachapi Mountains and showed no signs of slowing down by Monday afternoon, authorities said.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  LINVILLE GORGE, N.C. - Two wildfires have charred more than 1,200 acres of the parched Pisgah National Forest in western North Carolina, officials said today.
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By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 26--More than 200 crew members Tuesday battled Burke County forest fires that have burned 1,100 acres in less than a week, authorities said.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - Wildfires have scorched over  5 million acres in Alaska as of Tuesday, forestry officials  said, a new record that signals possible changes in climate  conditions and the composition of the vast forests.