Organisation: National Interagency Fire Centre

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Rain eases Colorado wildfires

Rains have cooled Colorado's deadly wildfires, but more than a dozen blazes elsewhere in the West have continued chewing through bone-dry pine and brush as firefighters keep a nervous eye for fireworks and other hazards.

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Fatal crash grounds wildfire planes

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US wildfires chase dozens of residents from homes

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Resources stretched to limit as US wildfires take hold

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Arizona wildfire forces evacuation of hundreds of homes

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Washington declares state of emergency over wildfires

5,000 fire evacuees allowed to return home in Hawaii

Nearly 5,000 people ordered to flee their homes because of a huge brush fire on Hawaii’s Big Island were allowed to return, finding their property dusted with a layer of ash but otherwise undamaged.

Thu, 04 Aug, 2005

Town in path of massive fireball

Two wildfires raging unchecked through paper-dry forest merged with a 50-mile-long fireball today, in a single blaze of about 300,000 acres that threatened to engulf an Arizona town.

Mon, 24 Jun, 2002

Arizona wildfires rage out of control

Two enormous wildfires are believed to have merged into a 50-mile-long line of flame advancing through paper-dry forest in eastern Arizona.

Sun, 23 Jun, 2002

Army on stand-by to battle US wildfires

More than 8,500 firefighters are tackling blazes across the western US.

Tue, 14 Aug, 2001