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3 hrs ago | Oak Hill Gazette

Memorial dedicated to Oak Hill community spirit after historic wildfire of 2011

Neighbors filled Windmill Run Park on Sunday, May 5 to witness the unveiling of the Oak Hill Village Mosaic Wall, a community art project to commemorate the community spirit in the wake of the wildfires that devastated the South Windmill Run and Scenic Brook neighborhoods just over two years ago.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Austin, TX

4 hrs ago | Anchorage Daily News

FAA's concerns hold up use of wildfire drones

As wildfire season begins in Western landscapes that were covered in smoky haze for weeks at a time last summer, the federal government's firefighters are exploring the use of small remote-controlled drones with infrared cameras that could map a fire's size and speed, and identify hot spots, a particular danger.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Natural Disasters, Fire, US Politics, Senator Mark Begich, US Senate, Democrat

Tue May 21, 2013

WKRN

Man steals fire truck to go see girlfriend in Mississippi

A Cornersville man is facing felony burglary and auto theft charges after police said he broke into a volunteer fire department, stole a fire truck and drove to Mississippi.

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Related Topix: Cornersville, TN, Fire, Natural Disasters

KESQ-TV Palm Desert

Wild fire burning in Whitewater Canyon

UPDATE [3:24 p.m.] - Two air tankers, a helicopter and 130 firefighters from the county, the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management have been sent to the scene, according to Riverside County Fire Department spokesman Mark Annas.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Riverside County, CA

EurekAlert!

Climate change and wildfire

Concerns continue to grow about the effects of climate change on fire. Wildfires are expected to increase 50 percent across the United States under a changing climate, over 100 percent in areas of the West by 2050 as projected by some studies.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Science, Ecology

The Reporter

Grass fire in north Vacaville

Vacaville fire crews are responding to a six-alarm grass fire at Timm Road and Buena Vista Lane in rural north Vacaville.

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Related Topix: Vacaville, CA, Natural Disasters, Fire

Chino Valley Review

Sunday fire destroys outbuildings in Chino Valley

Chino Valley Review Chino Valley Fire crews responded to a wildfire that quickly spread to structures on Sunday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Chino Valley, AZ, Natural Disasters, Fire, Prescott, AZ

Patch.com

Accidents, Grass Fire: St. Michael Fire Blotter

The St. Michael Fire Department log for May 9-15, 2013: May 10 Motor vehicle accident on Highway 241 in front of Kwik Trip and were cancelled en-route. Medical call in the 40 block of St.

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Related Topix: Fire, St. Michael, MN, Natural Disasters

Patch.com

Arrest Made in Acworth Brush Fire

A Northeast Cobb man has been arrested in connection with a brush fire behind an Acworth business.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Acworth, GA, Cobb County, GA

Mon May 20, 2013

Star-Telegram.com

Fire leads authorities to marijuana operation in Springtown

SPRINGTOWN Authorities closed down a marijuana growing operation in a Springtown home Sunday afternoon after firefighters responded to an accidental fire at the residence, the Parker County sheriff said Monday.

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Related Topix: Fire, Drugs, Parker County, TX, Natural Disasters

Contra Costa Times

Fire danger again peaks as temperatures climb across Bay Area

A plane drops fire retardant material on a three-alarm brush fire near Ivy Drive in Orinda, Calif., on Monday May 20, 2013.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Orinda, CA

Burbank Leader

Burbank brush fire grows to 20 acres

Water-dropping helicopters were brought in to assist ground crews trying to contain the fire -- first reported shortly after noon Monday -- as it moved through heavy brush in the hills above East Harvard Road and East Walnut Avenue.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Burbank, CA, Fire

The Las Vegas Sun

Witnesses offer 'sketchy stories' about Henderson brush fire, official says

People watch as a brush fire burns Sunday, May 19, 2013, at the Whitney Ranch Recreational Area, precariously close to an apartment complex in Henderson.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters

Bracknell Times

Swinley Forest: Two years on from devastating forest fire

Just over two years ago, firefighters from across the country were battling the biggest forest fire ever seen in Bracknell.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Berkshire County, England, World News, United Kingdom,

Examiner.com

A wildfire, record rain and the warmest May

Record high temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s are set across Lower Michigan from the 16th to the 28th.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Michigan, Weather, L'Anse, MI, Marquette, MI, Ishpeming, MI

KTVN Reno

Reno Fire Dept. Encourages Residents to Create Defensible Space

The Reno Fire Department is stressing the importance of residents creating defensible space around their homes to lessen the threat of wildfires.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters

Sun May 19, 2013

Inside Bay Area

Concord woman arrested on suspicion of arson for 4-acre brush fire near Martinez

A Concord woman was arrested Sunday evening on suspicion of arson after police say she used a lighter to set fire to a hillside that in turn sparked a four-acre burn.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Martinez, CA, Contra Costa County, CA

KGUN

Southeastern brush fire spreads to over 1,000 acres

Heidi Schewel with the Forest Service says a brush fire is burning about five miles east of the Nogales Airport.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

Residents, police practice fire evacuating procedures

Residents of the Upper Skyway neighborhood participated in the Wildland Fire Evacuation Drill Saturday to prepare for the possibility of a wildfire this summer.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Colorado Springs, CO

Vail Daily News

Wildfire in Wildridge is quickly contained

At about 4:45 p.m. Friday, the Eagle River Fire Protection District was dispatched to a report of a wildland fire in Avon located at the 2500 block of Old Trail Road in the Wildridge.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Avon, CO, Vail, CO