Fire officials won’t say massive wildfire near LA is contained until first rain of seasonLOS ANGELES — The once-massive California forest fire that killed two firefighters and incinerated 89 homes won’t be fully contained until the season’s first rain, officials said Thursday. Investigators probe possible links in more than a dozen California fires after arrest of teenSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A 16-year-old boy arrested for investigation of arson is under investigation in connection with more than a dozen Southern California wildfires, authorities said Thursday. Huge California wildfire on verge of containment after 4 weeks, 2 deaths, 89 homes burnedLA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — A crow as black as the branch it’s perched on oversees a skeleton forest. Investigators say teen suspected in up to 14 Southern California wildfiresSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A 16-year-old boy is suspected of starting more than a dozen wildfires east of Los Angeles. Helicopters, bulldozers in ‘full attack’ on Southern California wildfireMOORPARK, Calif. — A fleet of helicopters made water drops as bulldozers carved firebreaks Thursday to try to stop a 25-square-mile wildfire burning through an agricultural region of Southern California. Helicopters, bulldozers launch ‘full attack’ on Southern California wildfireMOORPARK, Calif. — Helicopters are dropping water as bulldozers carve firebreaks to stop a 25-square-mile wildfire burning through an agricultural region of Southern California. Report: Sugar company ignored dust dangers for decades before Ga. refinery explosion killed 14SAVANNAH, Ga. — Imperial Sugar Co. and managers of its Georgia refinery ignored known dangers of explosive dust for decades before a chain of dust-fueled fireballs erupted at the plant last year and killed 14 people, investigators said in a report Thursday. 4 NJ officers shot in raid on Jersey shore home where guns, drugs suspected; 1 critically hurtLAKEWOOD, N.J. — A gunman opened fire early Thursday on a SWAT team that burst into a home during a drug and gun raid, wounding four officers while spraying bullets from atop a staircase, authorities said. One officer was critically wounded. Southern California wildfire threatens homes, agriculture industryMOORPARK, Calif. — Crews planned heavy air attacks Thursday at daybreak to halt the spread of a Southern California wildfire that has chewed through more than 25 square miles of bone-dry brush, threatening dozens of homes as well as a multimillion-dollar agriculture industry and valuable oil production fields. Western lawmakers angry that stimulus money intended for wildfires going to DC parksWASHINGTON — Nearly $3 million in stimulus money targeted for fighting wildfires is being spent to restore public parks and watersheds in the nation’s capital, which has no national forests. Southern California wildfire threatens ranches, orchards, homes amid high heat and windsMOORPARK, Calif. — Firefighters guarded rural homes, ranches and orchards Wednesday as a wind-driven wildfire grew to more than 25 square miles on a march through rugged land between small Southern California communities. Southern California wildfire grows to 9,700 acres amid hot, dry, gusty weatherMOORPARK, Calif. — A wildfire burning in Southern California’s Ventura County has grown to 9,700 acres. Lull in winds around 8,500-acre Southern California wildfire; air attack resumesMOORPARK, Calif. — An 8,500-acre wildfire continues to churn through rugged hills and mountains of Southern California’s Ventura County, but some areas are experiencing a lull in winds. California wildfire closes college, threatens 1,000 homes as hot, gusty winds fan flamesMOORPARK, Calif. — An 8,500-acre wildfire in the Ventura County hills closed a college on Wednesday and threatened 1,000 homes as hot, gusty Santa Ana winds fanned the flames. Chicago police: Gunman fires shot in VA hospital ER, barricades himself in room; no injuriesCHICAGO — Officers were negotiating with a man who barricaded himself in a hospital examination room after firing a shot in the emergency room early Wednesday, police said. No one was injured. California college closed as wildfire spreads over 13 square miles in hot, dry conditionsMOORPARK, Calif. — A California college threatened by a 13-square-mile wildfire has closed as flames burned in hills above the campus. Chicago police say gunman fires a shot, barricades himself in hospital emergency roomCHICAGO — Police in Chicago are negotiating with a man who has barricaded himself into a hospital emergency room after firing a shot there. Wildfire spreads over 8,500 acres in hot, dry Ventura County, 10 percent containedMOORPARK, Calif. — A wildfire stoked by the notoriously hot and dry Santa Ana winds has burned some 8,500 acres in the hills of Ventura County, where airtankers — including a DC-10 jumbo jet and big helitankers — have bombarded flames with retardant and water. Wildfire burns 8,500 acres in Southern California’s Ventura County, 10 percent containedMOORPARK, Calif. — A wind-whipped wildfire burning in the rural hills above Ventura County in Southern California has spread over 8,500 acres, or more than 13 square miles. Wildfire near Southern California city of Moorpark grows to 6,000 acres, threatens rural homesMOORPARK, Calif. — A wildfire burning near the Southern California city of Moorpark has grown to 6,000 acres as hot and dry Santa Ana winds sweep the region. Gusty Santa Ana winds spread new wildfires in hot, dry Southern CaliforniaMOORPARK, Calif. — New wildfires threatened homes in Southern California on Tuesday as hot and dry Santa Ana winds turned the region into a tinder box. Gusty Santa Ana winds spread new wildfire in hot, dry Southern CaliforniaMOORPARK, Calif. — A new wildfire erupted in Southern California on Tuesday as windy, dry and hot weather turned the region into a tinder box. Wildfire burns in Southern California; no homes threatenedMOORPARK, Calif. — A wildfire is burning in Southern California, and dozens of firefighters are being called to the scene. Henin says she is ready to look for an 8th Grand Slam title as of next yearBRUSSELS — Former world No. 1 Justine Henin is returning to competitive tennis, making the announcement barely a week after Kim Clijsters capped her comeback from retirement with a second U.S. Open title. Gusty winds expected around LA, pushing back containment time for massive LA-area wildfireLOS ANGELES — Authorities say they expect it to take longer to contain a month-old wildfire near Los Angeles as crews brace for Santa Ana winds that could fan the smoldering blaze to life. Ex-Ohio high school coach gets 4 years for arson at own home; made it appear like hate crimeTROY, Ohio — A former high school basketball coach in Ohio has been sentenced to four years in prison for setting fire to his home, which prosecutors said he had done to portray himself as the victim of a hate crime. Residents evacuated by grass fire in Medford, Ore., begin returning homeMEDFORD, Ore. — Residents who evacuated because of a grass fire in the southern Oregon city of Medford have begun returning to their homes. Crews stabilize 1 fire in southwestern Oregon, while another prompts evacuation of 300 homesMEDFORD, Ore. — One southwestern Oregon fire stabilized Monday while another spread, temporarily knocking out power to thousands and prompting the evacuation of more than 300 homes. Governor invokes emergency act to fight volatile, wind-driven Ashland fireASHLAND, Ore. — Oregon’s governor has invoked an emergency provision to free up state firefighting resources to battle a volatile, wind-driven blaze on the outskirts of Ashland. Drenching storms flood Southeast as more to come; 2 killed, 2 missing including toddlerATLANTA — Floodwaters that swept across the rain-soaked Southeast killed at least three people and left five others missing Monday, including a Georgia toddler who disappeared after a mobile home was split apart by a swollen creek. |
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