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Calif. firefighters still struggling with blaze :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation
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The remaining 50 families forced to flee their homes over the weekend by a huge forest fire east of Halifax were allowed to return home Monday afternoon. (article 10)
LEBEC, Calif. A wildfire charred nearly a square mile of steep brush and grassland on Friday, threatening about 50 homes in Southern California, before calm winds and high humidity helped firefighters get a handle on the blaze. (article 5)
Texas Forest Service spokeswoman Mary Kay Hicks said the blaze was about 30 percent contained by late Monday afternoon (article 6)
Milder-than-expected weekend weather has helped fire crews tamp down a series of Northern California wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to evacuate. (article 3)
Michael Smith could see the smoke from his home in Dartmouth (submitted by Michael Smith) Police in Nova Scotia ordered the evacuation of more than 400 homes Friday as a major forest fire spread near Dartmouth. (article 11)
RCMP Cpl. Joe Taplin said the fire, fanned by high winds, had consumed an area almost two kilometres wide and about seven kilometres long by early Friday evening around Porters Lake. (article 11)
" It's very windy down there and what's happening is the fire is spreading very quickly said John Ross (article 11)
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Source articles
- Mild Weather Aids Northern California Firefighting (FOX News, 06/15/2008, 634 words)
- Calif. firefighters still struggling with blaze :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 685 words)
- Mild Weather Helps Firefighters Battling California Wildfires; Dozens of Homes Destroyed (FOX News, 06/15/2008, 331 words)
- Calif. wildfires burn homes, force evacuations :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 827 words)
- California wildfire mostly contained :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 285 words)
- Eastern NC wildfire mostly contained (Washington Post, 06/16/2008, 168 words)
- Wildfires continue to rage across California :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 409 words)
- Crews struggle to contain Calif. wildfire :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (suntimes.com, 06/16/2008, 622 words)
- Thousands of N.S. fire evacuees allowed to return home (cbc.ca, 06/15/2008, 629 words)
- Remaining evacuees from Halifax fire are back home (cbc.ca, 06/16/2008, 904 words)
- N.S. forest fire forces evacuations, highway shutdown (cbc.ca, 06/14/2008, 451 words)
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