Wildland Firefighting
Golfer's Swing Sparks Calif. Wildfire
The Associated Press
IRVINE, Calif. --
Forget "Fore!" "Fire!" was the cry of the day for a golfer whose off-target swing sparked a 12-acre blaze in Southern California. The golfer at the Shady Canyon Golf Course in Irvine landed a shot in the rough Saturday.
On his next swing, his club snagged a rock, causing a spark that lit the rough ablaze and eventually attracted 150 firefighters to the scene.
Fire officials say the fire burned through the rough, into vegetation next to the course and over two dry, brushy hillsides.
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Diane Petryk
The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa.
Aug. 29--SUNBURY -- Fireworks took on a double meaning Saturday night at Shikellamy State Park.
About 15 minutes after the 8:30 start of the planned pyrotechnics, shot from the park's overlook, falling sparks ignited brush and trees on the mountainside's eastern and northern faces.
It was a prospect some Valley residents had feared, downplayed Friday by park official Frank Nanna, who said shells that will travel 2,000 feet into the air could not cause forest fire.
Feedname: TRIBUNETree Falls on Wildland Firefighter
BY LAURA ZUCKERMAN
Idaho Falls Post Register (Idaho)
SALMON, Idaho -- A federal firefighter was injured Friday afternoon when a dead tree fell on him amid a wildfire burning seven miles northwest of Salmon in the Salmon-Challis National Forest.
It is unclear what injuries the firefighter suffered, said Kent Fuellenbach, Salmon-Challis spokesman.
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Cynthia Sewell
The Idaho Statesman, Boise
Aug. 26--Fire officials in Valley County estimate the fire around Tamarack Resort doubled to about 1,000 acres Thursday, and while firefighters are battling the flank of the blaze they are avoiding the north side, which is moving quickly and unpredictably.
They say they are dealing with a few factors: High heat, low humidity, winds and thunderstorms that could create downbursts that can push the fire in any direction.
Feedname: TRIBUNEOre. Fire Destroys 11 Homes; Harms 2
The Associated Press
ASHLAND, Ore. --
A fire official says a wildfire in southern Oregon has destroyed 11 homes and damaged two others.
Ashland Fire Marshal Margueritte Hickman says no injuries have been reported in Tuesday's blaze in the city's Oak Knoll neighborhood.
Residents of four streets in the area have been evacuated, and a shelter is being set up.
Another fire reported Tuesday on the other side of Interstate 5 from Oak Knoll burned a barn and a trailer. Hickman says the trailer was believed to be vacant.
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The Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho
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Crews are working to contain a southern Idaho wildfire that has burned more than 510 square miles, or an area larger than the city of Los Angeles.
Fire officials say the 327,000-acre Long Butte Fire is 10 percent contained, but crews expect to make gains Tuesday in controlling the blaze burning across rangeland about 90 miles southeast of Boise.
Bureau of Land Management Spokeswoman Barbara Bassler says there have been no injuries, but at least 10 ranch buildings have been destroyed.
Feedname: AP1 Year Later, Station Fire Remembered
By Brian Day, Staff Writer
Pasadena Star-News (California)
La Cañada FLINTRIDGE - City officials Thursday unveiled a plaque honoring the firefighters and sheriff's deputies who responded to last year's massive Station Fire.
Officials credited the hard work and skill of those first-responders for keeping the county's largest wildfire in history from destroying any homes in La Cañada Flintridge.
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By the CNN Wire Staff
CNN.com
A brush fire in Lakeside, east of San Diego, California, prompted the evacuation Saturday of 10 people via helicopter, Cal Fire said.
No structures were immediately threatened by the fire, which has consumed 2,000 acres, said Cal Fire spokeswoman Audrey Hagen.
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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. --
Crews in San Luis Obispo County to continue to battle a wild fire that forced the evacuations of multiple campgrounds in the Los Padres National Forest.
The Pozo Fire started Saturday at 12:31 p.m. at Pozo Road southeast of Santa Margarita.
The Turkey Flat, Friss, Navajo, La Panza and Navajo Flat campgrounds were threatened by the fire and will remain closed until further notice.
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The Associated Press
VALYERMO, Calif.
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A stubborn wildfire that charred 120 acres Friday and spurred some residents to evacuate homes in the Angeles National Forest is fully surrounded, authorities said.
The blaze that erupted at about 3 p.m. near the town of Valyermo in northeast Los Angeles County was 100 percent contained late Friday, U.S. Forest Service spokesman Robert Brady said.
The fire prompted an unknown number of residents to evacuate their homes voluntarily, Brady said.
Feedname: APForest Service Building Burns in Wash.
BY DEE RIGGS
The Wenatchee World, Wash.
ARDENVOIR, Wash. -- A Forest Service warehouse, built up the Entiat Valley by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon.
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By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
Associated Press Writer
WALLACE, Idaho
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Each year major wildfires in America's West are fought like military battles, with firefighters deploying by ground and air, bombers dropping retardant on flames, and incident commanders plotting strategy behind the lines. These often epic campaigns are largely the result of the Great Fire of 1910.
The largest in U.S. history, it burned an area bigger than Lebanon (the size of Connecticut), wiping out whole towns and killing 86 people in remote areas of Idaho, Washington and Montana.
Feedname: APCalif. Study: Staffing Affects Efficiency
Firehouse.com News
A study released by San Diego State University this week concluded that by increasing the number of firefighters on a hose lay, the efficiency and effectiveness and overall ability to control a wildland fire significantly increases.
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By LYNN BERRY
Associated Press Writer
MOSCOW
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin climbed into a firefighting plane Tuesday and dumped water on two of the hundreds of wildfires sweeping through western Russia and cloaking Moscow in a suffocating smog.
Putin has been a very visible leader in the battle against the fires, which have caused billions of dollars in damage and left thousands homeless in the past two weeks. He has demanded that soldiers help overstretched firefighting brigades and has walked through smoldering villages, consoling residents and promising them new homes by fall.
Feedname: APBoy, 14, Admits to Starting Calif. Fire
By Rick Martin, CNN
CNN.com
A 14-year-old boy has admitted to setting a wildfire that burned 40 acres and threatened about 50 homes in Santa Clarita, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office said.
The boy told authorities he was smoking marijuana when he dropped a barbecue lighter in the dry bush, said Deputy Sheriff Benjamin Grubb.
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By ANDREW DALTON
Associated Press Writer
SANTA CLARITA, Calif.
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A 14-year-old boy who allegedly told deputies he dropped a lighter as he was trying to smoke pot in a field Sunday sparked a 40-acre blaze that briefly threatened some 50 homes and forced evacuations before it was contained, authorities said.
The boy from Saugus, one of four people detained in connection with the blaze, was booked on suspicion of arson, Los Angeles County sheriff's Capt. Mike Parker said.
Feedname: APMass. Firefighter Hurt in Fall Off Truck
Firehouse.com News
A Weymouth firefighter was injured after he fell from the top of a fire truck at a brush fire.
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BY PAUL PRINGLE
Los Angeles Times
A federal inspector general has launched an investigation and the Obama administration has invited Congress to order a broad inquiry into last summer's disastrous Station fire after learning that dispatch recordings had been withheld from a U.S. Forest Service review team.
The telephone recordings, from the critical early hours of the blaze, also were withheld from The Times, which requested them under the Freedom of Information Act.
Feedname: TRIBUNEWildfires Rage Out of Control in Russia
By MANSUR MIROVALEV
Associated Press Writer
Fears grew there were not enough firefighters to battle them.
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By RACHEL D"ORO
Associated Press Writer
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska --
A big cargo airplane that crashed Sunday in Denali National Park was registered to an Alaskan freight company and had three people onboard who are presumed dead, the National Park Service said.
The Fairchild C-123 was registered to All West Freight Inc. of Delta Junction, Alaska. It crashed into the south-facing slope of Mount Healy within a mile of the park headquarters and about 200 yards north of the only road into the park. The craft went down about 3 p.m.
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