wildfires

Grass Fire Burning in Archer County

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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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The fire was advancing rapidly north, driven by strong southerly winds through the recently cut wheat fields in the area.

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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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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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I really expected this past weekend to be more eventful.  I'm glad it was not.  I really did expect someone to fire off a rocket and burn half the town to ground.  Why?  Because, in most cases, I would

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Few Texas counties are not under a burn ban at this time.  The threat of wildfire is so severe that these counties are also banning the use of fireworks.  On Monday's "Rise and Shine" program, Clay County Sheriff Kenny Lemmons said violators would not be ticketed, they'd be arrested.  Offic

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Thousands of acres burned over the weekend in Clay County.  More fires burned in Throckmorton County as well.  Area volunteer departmets are taxed to their limits and the long term forecasts don't hold much promise for relief

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