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UPDATE: Thousands Evacuate as Colorado's Waldo Canyon Wildfire Doubles in Size

Shauna Wright — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:41:05 +0000

Those wildfires in Colorado don’t show much sign of abating. In fact, more than 32,000 residents in or near Colorado Springs, the state’s second-largest city, were ordered to evacuate after the Waldo Canyon Fire doubled in size Tuesday night.

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Grants Available For Rural Fire Departments

Gino Geruntino — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:58:00 +0000

Albany, NY (WIBX) - Rural fire departments may be eligible for grants through the Department of Environmental Conservation, to help with wildfire fighting efforts.

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Texas Officials Call for Additional Help as Wildfires Spread [VIDEO]

Jade Walker — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:30:49 +0000

Forest service officials are calling on firefighters from outside agencies to help battle fast-moving wildfires in Texas. In the past week, the fires have destroyed more than 1,000 homes.

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Wildfires Burn More Than 1,000 Homes in Texas, California [VIDEO]

Jade Walker — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:15:52 +0000

Dozens of wildfires have destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Texas and California in the past week.

Fueled by drought conditions and wind gusts from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, the massive Bastrop County Complex fire east of Austin is the most destructive fire of the year, Texas Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd said. Despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters, the blaze has grown to 30,000 acres and is still uncontained.

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Raging Wildfire Threatens New Mexico Nuclear Lab [VIDEO]

Stephanie Berning — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:03:53 +0000

A wildfire that burned more than 10,000 acres during the overnight hours Monday was moving dangerously close to the Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear weapons complex in New Mexico.

The fire, which was 4 miles away from Los Alamos on Tuesday has burned about 93 square miles in less than two days, MSNBC reported.

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Wildfires Burn in 12 States; 11,000 Evacuated

Stephanie Berning — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:09:46 +0000

As the largest wildfire in Arizona state history continued to burn in the eastern central part of the state on Wednesday, firefighters in 11 other states were busy battling blazes.

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