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State Crew Contains Salt Creek Fire

State foresters suspect a hunter or other forest user ignited the fire.

News • December 10th, 2002
Firefighting planes grounded for safety

A fleet of government planes used to battle wildfires has been grounded by the Bush administration after an independent study found lax inspections led to an "unacceptable" safety record.

News • December 10th, 2002
Aerial Firefighters Pledge Reform

The aerial firefighting industry promised reforms Thursday to help prevent a repeat of this summer, when two aging air tankers crashed fighting wildfires in California and Colorado, killing five people.

News • December 10th, 2002
Exhausted Aussies Take a Break from Dousing the Inferno

Wildfire crews have been battling the blaze for six days.

News • December 10th, 2002
Australians Set Backburns to Slow Fires

fire roared up a mountain valley west of Sydney on Sunday, gutting two homes next to a historic hotel.

News • December 9th, 2002
Sydney Surrounded by Flames

Bushfire containment lines broken .

News • December 8th, 2002
Firefighters Battle to Control Sydney Blazes

News • December 6th, 2002
Wildfires Rain Ash, Sparks on Sydney

Two elderly men died and 19 homes were destroyed in two days.

News • December 6th, 2002
Panel Faults Aerial Firefighting Program

Panel studies Forest Service aerial firefighting program.

News • December 6th, 2002
Accused Firefighter Claims Incompetence in Phoenix

A man accused of setting one of two wildfires that merged into a 469,000-acre blaze and destroyed nearly 500 homes this summer claims he is mentally incompetent and unfit to stand trail.

News • December 6th, 2002
Barton Could Get 5 To 10 Years for Hayman Fire

Colorado's largest wildfire claimed 138,000-acres and burned for eight months.

News • December 6th, 2002
Forest Service Grounds 11 Airtankers

The permanently grounded planes carry too high a risk to use, said Forest Service Fire Director Jerry Williams, and a long-term solution could mean building planes specifically for fighting wildfires, at a cost of $20 million each.

News • December 6th, 2002
Australia Wildfires Destroy Homes, Autos

Television images showed flames engulfing buildings in a Sydney suburb as residents and firefighters tried to douse the flames.

News • December 5th, 2002
Wildfires Erupt Around Sydney, Australia

At least 60 fires threaten hundreds of homes.

News • December 4th, 2002
Ex-Forest Service Worker Plans to Plead Guilty

The former U.S. Forest Service employee is accused of starting the biggest wildfire in Colorado history.

News • November 27th, 2002

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