A utility company may be to blame for a blaze in Irvine.
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70,000 in Southern California to evacuate after blaze grows
Powerful winds across the state prompted power cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new blazes.
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Maine Voices: Fire-free forests aren’t possible, but we can’t abandon prevention
Containment efforts have paid off in Maine – in a record-breaking wildfire year here, the average acreage per fire is very low.
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Commentary: We can’t ignore wildfires’ dangers to people with chronic illnesses
My autoimmune disease symptoms are flaring uncontrollably from the smoke, and I’m not alone in my plight.
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California braces for power shutoffs and warm, windy weekend
Firefighters battling the state’s largest wildfire braced for the change in weather by constructing fuel breaks on Friday to keep the flames from reaching a marijuana-growing enclave.
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California wildfire likely to grow from wind, low humidity
The Bobcat Fire is 15 percent contained and has destroyed nearly 100,000 acres.
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Firefighter dies battling wildfire in California
The blaze erupted earlier this month from a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used by a couple to reveal their baby’s gender.
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Interactive Tracker: Wildfires scorching parts of the United States
Where wildfire activity and thermal detected hot spots are found across the United States in a fully interactive map.
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Lingering bad air throws another challenge at fire-ravaged West Coast
Hazardous air has forced businesses to close and grounded flights, and is creeping into homes.
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Smoke from wildfires in the West reaches East Coast and even Europe
Plumes from deadly and record-breaking fires are being caught in the atmospheric jet stream and carried across the United States.