1,000 homes evacuated near western fires
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Wind-blown wildfires threatened more than 1,100 homes in Colorado and Arizona, where drought conditions and gusting winds created ideal conditions for spreading the flames.
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Forest fire forces 1,300 to evacuate in eastern Canada    OTTAWA, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- More than 1,300 people have been forced to leave their homes in eight communities in northwestern Ontario, Canada, as firefighters continued to battle hundreds of forest fires on Friday.
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California wildfires that have destroyed 1,300 homes and forced the evacuation of 500,000 people raged into a fifth day on Thursday but firefighters seized on a break in the weather to largely halt the march of destruction.
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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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Roundup: Wildfires char large areas of land in western U.S.    LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Wildfires flared in western United States on Friday, burning more than one million acres of land.
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A state of emergency is declared in parts of California, as wildfires prompt the state's largest-ever evacuation.
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Strong winds and high temperatures fuel California brush fires, forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes.
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A fire early Thursday outside a UPS package-sorting center damaged several hundred parcels and forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 workers, company officials said.
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Firefighters took advantage of calm, humid weather Wednesday morning to extend containment lines around part of a 1,000-acre wildfire that forced scores of people from their homes.
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More than 1,000 firefighters fought lightning-sparked blazes that had burned more than 80,000 acres across northern Nevada by Tuesday, putting just about every available piece of equipment and firefighter on the lines.
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DRYDEN, Ont. (CP) - Raging forest fires are forcing more people to leave their remote northwestern Ontario communities.  Another 83 people from two aboriginal communities - Longlac First Nation and Aroland First Nation - were forced from home today because of smoke from 290 burning fires.
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An out-of-control wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest shifted toward a scattered cluster of homes Saturday, prompting evacuations and forcing road closures.
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Firefighters battle at least 16 wildfires as half a million mainly rural Californians are ordered to leave their homes.
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Hundreds of people were evacuated on Sunday from the posh Californian city of Malibu after wildfires destroyed several homes and threatened to set ablaze a university, fire officials said
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The home to the San Diego Chargers was transformed overnight into the home for up to 10,000 people seeking shelter from wildfires that have swept through the region.
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A wildfire burned several structures Tuesday in a desert locale where dozens of Hollywood Westerns were filmed, threatened other towns and prompted 1,000 people to flee.
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By CATHERINE TSAI NEW CASTLE, Colo. - If those ordered from their homes near a 1,000-acre fire in western Colorado left without a fuss, it could be because they've experienced the devastation of wildfires before.