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  • Utah Fire Danger Not As High As Last Year, But Officials Remain Cautious

    Utah's fire season isn't shaping up to be as bad as last year, despite the state being in its sixth year of drought.

    Article • July 1st, 2004

  • Lightning Sparks Nevada Wildfires

    Lightning touched off a series of wildfires across hundreds of acres on the edge of Reno on Wednesday, sending up large plumes of smoke just west of the city but posing no immediate threat to homes.

    Article • July 1st, 2004

  • Monterey County Fire Burns About 1,000 Acres In California

    A brush fire that was sparked by falling power lines had burned about 1,000 acres in a mostly rural area near Salinas by Thursday morning.

    Article • July 1st, 2004

  • Air Tanker Owner Stays Ready For Call

    The owner of two large firefighting air tankers grounded by the federal government says the 3,128-acre Cole complex fires 30 miles south of here would have been held to a quarter of that size if his crews had been allowed to respond.

    Article • July 1st, 2004

  • Arizona Wildfires Continue To Burn; Force Change In Strategy

    Fire crews continued Wednesday burning trees and brush between a wildfire and this mountain community of 14,000, seeking to ensure the fire wouldn't advance any closer.

    Article • June 30th, 2004

  • Human Error Blamed For California Wildfire

    A cooking fire that got away has been blamed for sparking a 940-acre fire in the Sierra that threatened a Marine Corps housing compound and shut down a major highway linking western Nevada and Southern California.

    Article • June 30th, 2004

  • Utah Wildfire Is 40 Percent Contained

    Firefighters made good progress battling the Square Fires in southern Utah, finishing Tuesday with 40 percent containment, officials said.

    Article • June 30th, 2004

  • Dozens Flee Alaskan Wildfires

    Dozens of people fled their homes Wednesday as a wind-whipped wildfire prompted an evacuation north of Fairbanks in Alaska's Interior.

    Article • June 30th, 2004

  • Utah Wildfire Nearing Containment, Resources Diverted To Nearby Fire

    Fire officials said the hard work of firefighters battling the Square Fires in southern Utah allowed resources from that fire to be diverted to a new blaze.

    Article • June 30th, 2004

  • Weather Keeping Southern Utah Wildfire Under Control

    Overcast skies and high humidity kept lightning-sparked wildfires that have burned for days in southern Utah from significantly advancing Monday.

    Article • June 29th, 2004

  • Brush Fire Burns In Broward County, Florida

    Thick clouds of smoke from a five-day-old fire in western Palm Beach County engulfed part of Sunrise and other areas in Broward County Monday evening after a wind shift drove the smoke south.

    Article • June 29th, 2004

  • Florida Wildfires Cause Evacuations

    A brush fire filled the western Palm Beach County sky with smoke and embers Monday and a number of residents were asked to temporarily leave their homes, Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue officials said.

    Article • June 29th, 2004

  • Washington Wildfire Nearly 80 Percent Contained

    A 3,000-acre grass fire burning near Nespelem was 80 percent contained Tuesday, according to the Interagency Fire Coordination Center in Portland, Ore.

    Article • June 29th, 2004

  • Forest Fires Turn Air Hazardous In Alaska

    National Weather Service forecaster Aaron Tyburski knew smoke from forest fires had lowered air quality outside his Fairbanks office. What he didn't count on was the haze following him inside.

    Article • June 29th, 2004

  • Wildfires Burning In Washington State

    A 3,000-acre grass fire was burning near Nespelem and a 300-acre fire was burning near Lake Chelan as wildfire season kicked into gear Monday in Washington state.

    Article • June 29th, 2004

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