wildfires News

wildfires News From AOL News

Texans Say They Hope to Rebuild After Wildfires

POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE, Texas -- Their homes have been reduced to a gray heap of ashes, and acres of trees turned into blackened sticks. Yet many who live in a lakeside community ravaged by a massive Texas wildfire -- whether in a million-dollar mansion, a quaint lake house or a simple fishing cabin -- say they hope to...

Wildfires Rage Across Texas, Scorch Over 1 Million Acres

MINERAL WELLS, Texas - A growing wildfire racing through parched fields and woods west of Fort Worth isn't likely to make it far enough to threaten the heavily populated metropolitan area, a state forestry official said Tuesday. The fire started Friday near Possum Kingdom Lake, 70 miles west of Fort Worth, and linked up...

Official: Size of Texas Wildfire May Have Doubled

DALLAS -- A Texas official says a wildfire burning less than 100 miles from the Dallas-Fort Worth area could be twice as big as previous estimates. Texas Forest Service spokesman Marq Webb says the fire burning Tuesday near Possum Kingdom Lake may have grown to about 120,000 acres. It was previously estimated at 63,000...

Winds-Stoked Wildfires Threaten Texas Communities

AUSTIN, Texas - Strong winds and tinder-dry conditions presented more challenges Sunday for firefighters battling a spate of wildfires threatening communities across Texas, including a blaze in Austin that destroyed several homes and prompted an aerial water attack in the capital city. Meanwhile, the Texas Department of...

Some Texans Return to Homes Charred by Wildfires

IVAN, Texas - With calmer winds giving firefighters a chance to get a handle on a few massive Texas wildfires Saturday, some residents returned to their homes - or what was left of them - in communities ravaged by the blazes. Gary Glasscock, who owns a 300-acre ranch near Possum Kingdom Lake, found his ranch house and...

wildfires News From AOL

THE HUFFINGTON POST

wildfires News From the Web

02/10/12 Smoke bothering you? Source: The Post and Courier - Charleston SC That smell in the morning air isn't the beginning of another wildfire "summer of smoke," at least not yet.
02/09/12 Forestry officials brace for fire season Source: Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe NM If weather predictions hold true, and the drying trend caused by La NiÃ±a continues, New Mexico could be in for another big fire season.
02/09/12 BC-LT--Chile-Wildfires-Israeli,0130 Source: FOX - WZTV 17 - Nashville TN Chile has settled its criminal case against an Israeli hiker accused of negligently causing a fire that destroyed much of the Torres del Paine national park.
02/09/12 Troubling times at Streator City Hall Source: The Times - Ottawa IL Streator's problem with vacant homes has gone from bad to worse as several such properties have been targeted in recent months with intentional fires.
02/09/12 Hazard Reduction Burn Suspension in Effect for Madera,... Source: NBC - KSEE 24 - Fresno CA (Press Release) The CALFIRE Madera-Mariposa-Merced unit has announced the suspension of all burning in Madera, Mariposa, and Merced counties effective Thursday morning, February 9th.