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No new parts, support for C-130 wildfire system

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 6th

By MEAD GRUVERAssociated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The demise of the only company that manufactured a device specially designed to spray fire retardant from the back of U.S. military C-130 cargo planes has some experts worried about the future viability of a program that has

Report: Colorado blaze started near hiking trail

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 6th

DENVER (AP) - Dispatch recordings show that Colorado's deadly Waldo Canyon wildfire appears to have started near a popular hiking trail west of Colorado Springs. The Denver Post (http://bit.ly/RqTtsM) reports Friday that recordings show firefighters searched

UPDATE: Chelan Wildfire Now At 675 Acres

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 6th

Sunday Afternoon Update: Due to increased fire activity all residences immediately adjacent to the west side of Navarre Coulee Road (HWY 971) between the HWY 97A/Navarre Coulee Road intersection and mile post 7 on Navarre Coulee road are now in a Level 2 Evacuation notice. Chelan County

Lull in hot weather helps crews at Western blazes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 6th

By TERRY COLLINSAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Firefighters around the West on Friday were taking advantage of improving weather conditions to make strides against stubborn wildfires - even containment in some locales - that have destroyed homes, forced evacuations and

Calif. fire nearly contained, 5 homes spared

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 6th

By The Associated Press REDDING, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a 1,200-acre wildfire near Redding in Northern California is now 60 percent contained after destroying two outbuildings and damaging five homes. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Insurance companies send crews to protect homes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 5th

By P. SOLOMON BANDAAssociated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - When firefighter Eric Morris shows up at wildfires across the West, locals battling the flames sometimes look at him and wonder who sent him. The answer isn't a public agency. It's an

Milder weather helps fire crews in upper Rockies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 5th

By MEAD GRUVERAssociated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Firefighters took advantage of a lull in searing heat and shifting winds in Wyoming and Montana on Thursday to attack wildfires that have charred thousands of acres and forced dozens of residents to flee their homes

Rain cools Colo. fires, other wildfires grow

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 4th

By KRISTEN WYATTAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - Rains cooled Colorado's wildfires Wednesday, but more than a dozen wildfires elsewhere in the West continued chewing through bone-dry pine and brush as firefighters working through the holiday kept a nervous eye for fireworks

Guns blamed for starting wildfires in parched West

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 3rd

By BRIAN SKOLOFF and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSAssociated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Campfires, fireworks and even lit cigarettes can spark wildfires. In the tinder-dry West, there is growing concern about the threat from guns. This year, officials believe target

SD gov. confirms 2nd death in wildfire plane crash

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 3rd

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard (DOO'-gahrd) has confirmed a second death in the weekend crash of an Air Force tanker that was helping fight a wildfire in the Black Hills. Daugaard's statement Tuesday did not identify the second