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Washington wildfire engulfs 3,000 acres, homes burn

2015-06-29 17:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A wildfire racing through central Washington state "blew up" overnight, threatening homes and businesses as flames enveloped roughly 3,000 acres, nearly double the area burning only a day earlier, state officials said Monday. "It jumped last night, just blew up," said Janet Pearce, spokeswoman for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. "It is such a bad year." Emergency officials were deploying added teams of firefighters to the area, Pearce said. On Sunday, hundreds of people were...

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6 Trending Headlines: Wildfire risk increases in spite of rains, PLUS: DOT hours-of-service rule waived

2015-06-15 15:49:00| Beef

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Wildfire intensifies near two Alberta oil-sands sites

2015-05-29 22:18:27| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Smoke rises from a wildfire north of Cold Lake, Alberta May 27, 2015 in a photo supplied by the Alberta Wildfire Info department. An out-of-control wildfire, burning near two major oil sands projects in the key crude-producing region of northern Alberta, grew in size on Friday, although firefighters were hopeful cold weather moving into the region would help tackle the blaze.

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Cooler weather helping Alberta wildfire crews but situation still severe

2015-05-29 02:05:54| Energy - Topix.net

Cooler weather was helping crews in Alberta battle wildfires Thursday as the province shifted more effort to protecting oilsands projects in the northeast. Scott Long, a government spokesman, said fireguards built to shield facilities operated by Cenovus Energy and Canadian Natural Resources were holding.

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