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U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 25, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- A massive aerial assault and a break in harsh winds helped firefighters make their first major progress against Southern California's firestorm, raising evacuees' hopes of returning home for good. But flames were still drawing perilously toward thousands.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 24, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- More San Diego County residents faced orders to leave their homes early Wednesday as wildfires threatened new areas of charred, smoke-choked Southern California. The newest evacuees from De Luz, a community near the Camp Pendleton Marine base, and from th.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 23, 2007 @ 8:06am neoform

MSNBC -- Around 300,000 told to flee Firefighters — who lost valuable time trying to persuade stubborn homeowners to leave — had their work cut out for them as winds gusting to 70 mph scattered embers onto dry brush, spawning spot fires. California official.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 12, 2007 @ 7:54pm neoform

FOX News -- Officials reported all workers were accounted for and safe after a gas pipeline ruptured and exploded, touching off a spectacular super-heated inferno that ignited several small brush fires and cut power to about 30,000 people in the surrounding area... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 5, 2007 @ 1:38pm mrmdc

Signon San Diego -- The government has opened an investigation into engine fires in Pontiac Grand Prix passenger cars, officials said Friday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 14, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- Authorities said Tuesday they had “a majority” of the Palm Bay fires contained and were getting better control over the fires in nearby Malabar, where firefighters slept in shifts on cots lined up in the volunteer fire station. 'It's gone. It's all.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- An Antioch transient was arrested last week in connection with a series of fires that were set to palm trees along the city's waterfront in February, authorities said. Kenneth Ray Crandell, 39, was arrested April 2 on suspicion setting illegal fires. H.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 26, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

MSNBC -- Thomas Eversole, executive director of the American Helicopter Services & Aerial Firefighting Association, a Virginia-based nonprofit that serves as a liaison between helicopter contractors and federal agencies, said valuable time was lost. “The basi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 26, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

SF Gate -- Continued weakening of the seasonal Santa Ana winds allowed firefighters to step up their battle against devastating wildfires Thursday, though thousands of homes remained under threat from advancing flames and the death toll rose with the discovery of se.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 25, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- Weather forecasts have raised hopes of some respite from the wildfires raging out of control across southern California for the last four days. Forecasters say the Santa Ana winds, which fuelled the spread of the flames and had reached hurricane streng.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 25, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- As the state drew some criticism Wednesday for its response to this week's devastating fires in Southern California, fire officials charged with mapping new strategies following the firestorm there in 2003 defended their handling of the latest inferno giv.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 19, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

SF Gate -- San Francisco arson investigators are looking into a series of trash fires set early today in the Western Addition, one of which caused $65,000 in damage and displaced one person. Authorities would not say how many fires were set, but said the most des.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jul 14, 2007 @ 10:16pm neoform

CNN -- Firefighters tried to contain about a dozen lightning-caused fires in Washington state on Saturday, hours before another thunderstorm was expected to give them more work. Close to 2,700 lightning strikes were reported in Washington and Oregon on Friday an.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 10:50pm neoform

Yahoo News -- The Bible does mention fire and brimstone but nothing about motel rooms. Fire officials said a man set several small fires in a Best Western Heritage Inn motel room May 27, using pages from a Bible as kindling. Fire investigators on Thursday arrested R.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 12, 2007 @ 11:53pm neoform

FOX News -- Fires erupted in the hills above Los Angeles, igniting roof fires, and in high desert brush Thursday as dangerous north winds swept dry Southern California, knocking out power to thousands. A hundred firefighters and water-dropping helicopters battled.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 16, 2007 @ 6:38pm neoform

SF Gate -- The man accused of setting a blaze that killed five firefighters last fall is being charged with additional counts linking him to 13 other fires, authorities said Friday. The amended complaint, which was filed late Wednesday, charges Raymond Lee Oyler.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 12, 2007 @ 7:51pm neoform

FOX News -- A woman accused of starting a series of house fires near Wrigley Field during the weekend was charged Monday with four counts of murder, authorities said. Witnesses had reported seeing an unkempt woman wearing clear plastic bags on her feet near three.. Read More