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6 hrs ago | Fort Mill Times

NV, CA delegations sponsor Lake Tahoe bill

Nevada and California congressional delegations have introduced legislation to extend the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act and continue efforts to combat invasive species, reduce wildfire risks and protect the lake's clarity.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Dean Heller, Shelley Berkley, Representative Dina Titus, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Tom McClintock, Democrat, California, California Government, Natural Disasters, Fire

Fri Nov 06, 2009

KRDO

Wild Fire Erupts in Field Across from Coronado High School

Firefighters are attempting to stop the spread of a wildfire that sparked in a field across from Coronado High School in Colorado Springs Friday afternoon.

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

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Chino Hills neighborhood voluntarily evacuated due to Diamond Bar fire

A Chino Hills neighborhood became the site of a voluntary evacuation this afternoon as a Diamond Bar brush fire edged close to the San Bernardino County line.

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Related Topix: Diamond Bar, CA, Chino Hills, CA, Natural Disasters, Fire, San Bernardino County, CA, Los Angeles County, CA

The Leaf-Chronicle

Wildfire season begins in Tenn. with plenty of moisture

NASHVILLE - With the drought conditions of the past couple of years washed away by above average rainfall this summer and autumn, the wildfire season has begun in Tennessee.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Nashville, TN, Nashville Metro

News.com.au

How to survive a bushfire

SURVIVAL: FESA have released a Prepare. Act. Survive document, advising people how to survive a bushfire.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Fort Mill Times

Flint Hill FD election Saturday

The Flint Hill Fire Department will hold an election for the Board of Directors on from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire

ABC News

Rescuer Who Lost Pets to Fire Finds 1 Weeks Later

Bobby Wright thought he had buried Smoky. The U.S. Forest Service worker had watched helplessly as a frenzied, massive forest fire turned toward the trailer where he lived with Smoky, a 6-month-old mutt, 20 other dogs and a rabbit named Bernie.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Entertainment

KING-TV Seattle

Investigators: Analysis finds hundreds of WA fires sparked by railroads

They are fires that sent people running for their lives. One man didn't get away.

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Related Topix: White Salmon, WA, Skamania County, WA, Natural Disasters, Fire, Spokane Metro, Spokane, WA, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe

City of Santa Fe

Southside Library Teen Patio Dedication in Honor of Tony Hillerman November 8

The City Council chose to honor Mr. Hillerman and the Hillerman Family selected the Southside Branch Teen Patio as the place they wished to honor him.

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Related Topix: 9, Santa Fe Metro, Santa Fe, NM, Natural Disasters, Fire

Wed Nov 04, 2009

City of Santa Fe

'Tree Topics' Workshop - Back by Popular Demand - November 14

Find out what's happening in the city. Below is a list of current news releases.

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Related Topix: 9, Santa Fe Metro, Santa Fe, NM, Natural Disasters, Fire

Chico Enterprise-Record

Wildland fire near Berry Creek contained

Cal Fire-Butte County said a blaze that broke out above Lake Madrone on Galen Ridge Road Thursday night has been contained.

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Related Topix: Fire, Berry Creek, CA, Natural Disasters, Butte County, CA

News.com.au

Firefighters save homes from blaze

FIREFIGHTERS have protected homes from a blaze in southeast Queensland as fires burned across the state.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Whittier Daily News

Brush fire breaks out near Diamond Ranch

A three-alarm brush fire broke out Tuesday morning near Diamond Ranch High School charring 50 acres and injuring five people including a firefighter.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Los Angeles County, CA, Pomona, CA, Covina, CA

ABC News

Fires Threaten L.A. County Homes

A large, fast-moving brush fire threatened a number of homes in the Diamond Bar area near the 60 Freeway on Tuesday, but fire officials quickly contained the blaze.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Diamond Bar, CA, Los Angeles County, CA

FOXReno

Controlled Burn May Have Started Loma Fire

What caused the 485 acre Loma wildfire that at one point threatened dozens of homes? Even as firefighters worked to bring that fire under control on Wednesday, residents wondered if the fire began when fire-prevention efforts backfired.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters

The Age

Grass fire destroys abandoned house

An abandoned house has been lost in a grass fire as five blazes continue to burn across Queensland.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters

Mon Nov 02, 2009

San Diego News Network

San Diego River brush fire extinguished

San Diego firefighters Sunday put out a brush fire in the bed of the San Diego River, a dispatcher said.

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Related Topix: San Diego, CA, Fire, Natural Disasters, San Diego Metro

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Police and Fire

A 27-year-old Kona man died early yesterday in a spectacular chain-reaction crash involving four vehicles.

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Related Topix: Kailua Kona, HI, Natural Disasters, Fire, Maalaea, HI, Maui County, HI

NEWS.com.au

School evacuated as bush fire rates

CHILDREN have been evacuated from a school at Clifton, on Queensland's Darling Downs, due to smoke billowing from a nearby bushfire.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters

KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Model Plane May Have Caused Brush Fire

A brush fire that burned 3 acres of land in the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Center may have been caused by a remote-controlled model airplane, fire officials say.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Los Angeles, CA

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