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Nearly 70,000 U.S. Communities at Risk as Wildfire Season Approaches
2013-06-26 04:35:40| Location-Based Services (LBS) Zone
U.S. Forest Service and Ad Council urge Americans to adapt to wildfire through new PSAs
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Arizona wildfire threatens hundreds of homes, California blaze wanes
2013-06-20 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An Arizona wildfire whipped up by strong winds threatened hundreds of homes on Wednesday, even as firefighters were gaining an edge on a California blaze raging near a pristine wilderness, authorities said. More than 500 firefighters were battling the Doce Fire, which has burned through 7,000 acres of chaparral, pine and juniper since Tuesday morning near Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, the Prescott National Forest said in a statement. Fanned by gusting winds, the fire has led to...
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Colorado wildfire destroys more than 500 homes, new blazes menace West
2013-06-19 02:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The number of homes destroyed by a Colorado wildfire rose above 500 on Tuesday as rain dampened the flames and allowed damage assessment teams to enter charred neighborhoods, and other threatening blazes grew in Alaska and elsewhere in the West. Authorities said the so-called Black Forest Fire, which has burned in the rolling hills outside Colorado Springs for the past week and killed at least two people, was 85 percent contained by Tuesday. The most destructive fire in Colorado's history has charred...
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Colorado Wildfire Expected to be Contained by Thursday, $5.5 million Spent Battling Blaze
2013-06-18 19:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: The most destructive fire in Colorado state history is being reined in and some evacuation orders are being rescinded, with officials reporting the Black Forest fire 75 percent contained after one week of burning in and around the city of Colorado Springs. Hundreds of evacuees were able to return home Tuesday morning, local ABC station 7 News reported. But hundreds more were not so fortunate. According to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, 502 homes were declared a total loss and an additional...
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Colorado wildfire victims await return home
2013-06-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: A Colorado sheriff said firefighters "are getting the upper hand' on the most destructive wildfire in state history Saturday, as authorities gained a clearer picture of the grim landscape left by the blaze. No additional homes were destroyed as fire crews expanded containment lines, El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said. And he said there were no new reports of injury or death. The fire that exploded Tuesday outside of Colorado Springs, amid record-setting heat and tinder-dry conditions,...
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