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Twin Wildfires Threatening 10,000 California Homes
LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) — Twin wildfires tearing through vineyards and brushy hills threatened some 10,000 homes in Northern California Tuesday — yet another front in the seemingly endless summer of...
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New Fires Erupt In Northern California; Homes Threatened
UPPER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Days after wildfires left a deadly swatch of destruction in Northern California rural counties, new blazes exploded to life and threatened more homes in what has become an...
View ArticleWildfires Scorching Homes, Land And California’s Budget
UPPER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Just a month into the budget year, the state has already spent more than one-quarter of its annual fire budget, at least $125 million, California Department of Forestry and...
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Back To Rubble, Some ‘Lost Everything’ In California Fire
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Carol Smith and her family walked into their hillside neighborhood Thursday to find her home reduced to mangled metal and piles of bricks after a massive Northern California...
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Crews Battle Wildfires Across North Texas
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Wildfires broke out across North Texas Friday afternoon with the largest being in Wise County. The Barclay fire north of Decatur has burned more than 500 acres of land,...
View ArticleLargest Wildfire In California History Still Growing
LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires tearing through trees and brush, rampaging up hillsides and incinerating neighborhoods: The place-names change but the devastation is showing signs of becoming the new...
View ArticleBattling 18 Blazes, California May Face Worst Fire Season
LAKEPORT, Calif. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The largest wildfire ever recorded in California needed just 11 days to blacken an area nearly the size of Los Angeles — and it’s only one of many enormous blazes...
View ArticleFirefighters Battle To Curb California Wildfire Before Winds Return
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) — Aircraft turned hillsides red with retardant as homeowners wet their houses with garden hoses in a battle to contain an arson wildfire, which prompted evacuation orders for...
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Glacier Latest U.S. Park To Be Scorched By Western Wildfires
CALIFORNIA (AP) – A wildfire destroyed structures and forced evacuations Monday from the busiest area of Montana’s Glacier National Park, as officials in California prepared to reopen Yosemite National...
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Abandoned Trucks Litter California Highway As Wildfire Rages
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — An explosive wildfire closed down dozens of miles of a major California freeway only weeks after a nearby blaze that left neighborhoods in ruins and killed eight people. The...
View ArticleMain California Highway Closed By Fire Until Declared Safe
SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) — Interstate 5 usually swarms with trucks and traffic as it winds its way through California. But the main highway between Mexico and Canada was a ghost road...
View ArticleCalifornia Highway Reopens After Blaze Forces 6-Day Closure
SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) — A major interstate that connects Northern California to Oregon reopened Monday, six days after a wildfire roaring along the roadway forced its closure,...
View ArticleWildfire Destroys Entire Town As Blazes Tear Through California
PARADISE, Calif. (CBSNEWS.COM) – Massive wildfires are tearing through parts of California, destroying hundreds buildings and forcing thousands of people from their homes. An emergency evacuation order...
View ArticleDeath Toll Jumps In Historic California Wildfires
MALIBU, Calif. (CBSLA) — Strong Santa Ana winds returned Sunday just as firefighters in Southern California were able to increase a containment line around the massive Woolsey Fire, which has scorched...
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Flower Mound, Fort Worth Firefighters Assigned To Woolsey Wildfire In...
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Cool weather helped fire crews gain ground Thursday against the nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century, as the search went on for more bodies. Among the crews...
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North Texas Firefighters Helping Make Progress Against Southern California...
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – The more than 98,000 acre Woolsey Fire is said to be 69 percent contained as of Friday afternoon. Flower Mound, Texas Fire Department personnel completed their...
View ArticleOncor Crews Head West To Restore Power After Wildfires
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/ CBS NEWS) – Oncor crews from North Texas headed out to California Friday morning to help restore power to areas ravaged by wildfires. More than 100 utility workers are on the trip....
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High Fire Danger For Texas, Oklahoma Panhandles
OKLAHOMA CITY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Forestry officials say conditions in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles are ideal for sparking wildfires. Oklahoma Forestry Service officials say danger levels are high...
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Thousands Take Refuge On Beaches As Deadly Wildfires Ravage Parts Of Australia
(CBSDFW.COM/CNN) — Australians are facing a terrifying start to the new year, as bushfires rip through popular tourist spots on the country’s southeast coast, forcing thousands of people to take refuge...
View ArticleNorth Texas Zoos To Help Aid Rehabbing Marsupials In Australia Following...
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — A pair of North Texas zoos are ready to aid in rehabbing marsupials overseas following the raging wildfires in Australia. Director for the Frank Buck Zoo in Gainesville,...
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Evacuations In Oklahoma After Wildfires Char More Than 30,000 Acres
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) — At least 30 wildfires burned more than 30,000 acres in Oklahoma over the weekend. Officials with the Oklahoma Forestry Services say they’re still trying to...
View ArticleCresson Volunteer Firefighter Dies Helping With Wildfires Out West
CRESSON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Cresson Volunteer Fire Department shared some sad news on Facebook Monday night. One of their firefighters died while trying to help put out the wildfires out west....
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North Texas Firefighter Diana Jones Dies While Helping Battle Wildfires In...
CRESSON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A North Texas volunteer firefighter has been killed while helping battle one of the wildfires raging in California. Firefighter Diana Jones was as an EMT and volunteer...
View ArticleNorth Texas Firefighter Diana Jones To ‘Lie In Repose’ Until Public Memorial...
TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – North Texas firefighter Diana Jones, who died while helping battle one of the wildfires raging in California, is making her final journey home. The casket containing her remains...
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North Texas Firefighters Deployed To Help Contain West Coast Wildfires
FLOWER MOUND, Texas (CBSFW.COM) – Firefighters from Arlington, Ft. Worth, Lewisville, Flower Mound, Allen and other surrounding cities have been deployed to assist firefighters on the West Coast as...
View ArticleReport: NFL Officials Monitoring Air Quality Ahead Of Cowboys, Rams Opener
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (CBSDFW.COM) – The air quality in the Los Angeles area is being monitored by officials ahead of the opener between the Dallas Cowboys and the Rams, and a postponement or relocation of...
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Heartfelt Welcome Home For McKinney Firefighter Who Spent About 3 Weeks...
McKINNEY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Seven-year-old Adley couldn’t hide her excitement. After three weeks fighting wildfires in California, her dad was finally home. A video of her waiting at the door and...
View ArticleSmoke From West Coast Wildfires Creates Hazy Conditions In North Texas
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Smoke from the massive wildfires along West Coast created hazy conditions in North Texas on Saturday. With the fires still roaring, that smoke has drifted in from the northwest in...
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‘Most Of The Fire We Have Not Even Seen’: Fort Worth Firefighters Help In...
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – From Fort Worth to the front lines: a local firefighter describes the work at California’s largest wildfire. “Most of the fire we have not even seen,” said Fort Worth Fire...
View ArticleMore Help On The Way From North Texas To Fight California Wildfires
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – As the historic wildfires in California continue to spread, Texas is sending another wave of help. Nearly 170 firefighters from across the state are flying out to California...
View ArticleNorth Texas Firefighters Among 150+ From The State Headed Out To Battle...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Nearly 170 firefighters from across Texas flew out Tuesday morning, headed to California to help battle the historic wildfires sweeping across that state. The emergency crews...
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As North Texas Firefighters Return Home, More Head Out To Fight California...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – North Texas fire departments are answering the call to help crews in California fight the devastating wildfires there. Sixty-four DFW-area firefighters boarded a plane Tuesday...
View ArticleColorado Wildfires Burn Hundreds Of Homes, Force Evacuations
(CBS NEWS) – A large grass fire has prompted major evacuations in two towns outside Boulder, according to the Boulder Office of Emergency Management. More than 500 homes have burned and over 21,000...
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Multiple Wildfires Combine To Burn Approximately 38,000 Acres In Eastland...
EASTLAND COUNTY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Multiple smaller fires across Eastland County turned into the Eastland Complex fire Thursday, March 16, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. “Fires are...
View ArticleEvacuations As Wildfires Continue Raging In Texas, ‘Eastern Complex’ Cluster...
EASTLAND, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) — Low humidity and gusty winds continue to fuel wildfires in Texas, burning homes and prompting evacuations. Several wildfires merged to form what fire officials call a...
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Eastland County Deputy Dies While Trying To Save People From Fires
EASTLAND COUNTY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Eastland County Deputy Barbara Fenley died while trying to save people from the massive fires Thursday night. The Cisco Police Department confirmed the tragic news...
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Officials: Texas Firefighters Battled 175 Fires In The Past Week That Burned...
(CBSDFW.COM/CNN) – According to the forest service, firefighters in Texas are working to protect people and homes as some 175 wildfires have burned nearly 95,000 acres across the state in the past...
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Crews Make Progress Containing Texas Wildfire That Has Burned 85 Square Miles
EASTLAND, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Officials say firefighting crews are making progress containing a massive Texas wildfire that is blamed for the death of a deputy last week. The Eastland Complex has...
View ArticleRed Cross Responding To Natural Disasters Across North Texas
ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – In the span of just a few days several natural disasters have happened across North Texas and the American Red Cross has been one of the first to respond with help. “We have...
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Skies Darken In DFW As Smoke Drifts North From Crittenburg Fire
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – If you think the sky in DFW looks darker than usual and catch a whiff of smoke in the air, don’t worry; it’s not just your imagination. National Weather Service officials said...
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