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Visalia Times-Delta

CUTLER — A Tulare County firefighter suffered minor burns to his hands today after the vehicle he was driving got stuck in a field of dry grass, in the path of a quick-moving...

sbsun.com

Summer is two months away and state firefighters have already battled 200 more wildfires than average for this time of year, a factor that has officials concerned about what lies ahead....

usatoday.com

Firefighters battling a brush fire northeast of Los Angeles are running into bears.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/Te2vWgxImE0

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The Bismarck Tribune

Ranchers whose pastures were burned in a runaway controlled burn started by the Forest Service will find that they have friends in need. ...

CapitalGazette.com

Joseph Ross of Linthicum stands on Dorsey Road in Glen Burnie, the point of origin for a series of brush fires that swept across much of northern Anne Arundel County on April...

nbcnews.com

While the death toll from a horrific fertilizer plant explosion was raised to 14 Friday, after two additional bodies were found, investigators later said that the number of people...

cjme.com

There was heated debate at the legislature on Wednesday as proposed changes to the Prairie and Forest Fires Act were discussed during question period. The act was updated in 1982, but...

GroundReport

An operational remote sensing-based forest fire detection and monitoring system for Nepal was officially launched by the Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation (MoFSC) and the ...

ABC News

Forest Fire Smoke Shuts Down Airport in Honduras. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras April 14, 2013 (AP). The main airport for Honduras' capital has been closed for several hours because smoke from...

NASA News Release


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Ruth Dasso Marlaire

Photo of a SEAT bi-plane in the first article. It's dropping water! How common are biplane airtankers?

Some of these publications change stories at the links quickly. Hopefully the photo of the...

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — Firefighters battled a brush fire for about two hours Sunday, an effort that eventually included a forest-fire airplane to contain the blaze. The...

MyFox Philadelphia

NJ Wildfire Growing. Posted: Saturday, April 6, 2013 8:55 PM EST. Updated: Saturday, April 6, 2013 10:02 PM EST. Investigators are looking into what sparked a forest fire in...

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Newsday

One year after a huge brush fire scorched 1,124 acres in Long Island's pine barrens, firefighters face a new, potentially dangerous threat -- downed trees,...

sfgate.com

GRANGEVILLE, Idaho (AP) — The US Forest Service is contesting a citation issued against it by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration following the death of a 20-year-old...

The Bismarck Tribune

GRAND RIVER, S.D. — The Forest Service lit a match at about noon Wednesday and within hours had a wildfire on its hands that scorched an estimated 14,000 acres before it...

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WXYZ

HARSENS ISLAND, Mich. (WXYZ) - Firefighters from more than twenty-four area departments assisted in the effort to put out a...

CBS Local

MIAMI (CBS4) – Florida Forestry Service workers are keeping an eye on an lightning sparked brush fire which as burned at least 300 acres in Homestead. The “Turkey West Fire” is burning...

CBS Local

MIDDLE RIVER, Md. (WJZ)—A growing threat of wildfires. On Wednesday, state officials raised the danger level to very high. Adam May reports fires are already impacting wildlife. One of...

CBS Local

HOMESTEAD (CBSMiami) – A roaring brush fire which has charred hundreds of acres in Homestead has forced the National Park Service to close land access to Biscayne National Park. Park...