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Hundreds evacuated as wildfire menaces Idaho ski resort towns
2013-08-17 02:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Firefighters battled on Friday to check a fast-moving wildfire raging near the Sun Valley ski resort in Idaho, where more than 1,000 people were evacuated as flames menaced multimillion-dollar homes in the area, authorities said. The so-called Beaver Creek Fire, the nation's top firefighting priority, has raced across 64,000 acres of mountains and canyons intersected by luxury housing developments since it was sparked by lightning in the Sawtooth National Forest on August 7. Occupants of more than...
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