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Calmer 'sundowner' winds give firefighters a break in Santa Barbara

May. 7, 2009
Dozens of homes are reported destroyed in the brush fire, which is expected to consume 2,000 to 2,500 acres. About 3,500 homes are still threatened, officials say. Fire officials battling the Santa Barbara blaze said "sundowner" winds that fueled the destructive blaze have been much...
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High winds whip fire near Santa Barbara

High winds whip fire near Santa Barbara

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 7 (UPI) -- A wildfire raged out of control near Santa Barbara, Calif., Thursday, forcing 13,000 residents to flee and destroying at least 20 homes, fire officials said.

Boise fires claim one life, 10 homes

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A brushfire in Boise, Idaho, that caused fires at several area homes has destroyed 10 houses and killed one person, fire officials said Tuesday.

New Calif. blaze threatens Santa Barbara

GOLETA, Calif., July 3 (UPI) -- Firefighters struggled Thursday in Southern California to keep a wildfire as small as possible as it devoured brush they said had not burned for 50 years.

Firefighters gain on Utah blaze

ESCALANTE, Utah, June 19 (UPI) -- A wildfire burning in a national forest in southern Utah was about 45 percent contained Thursday, firefighters said.

Calif. wildfire expected to burn for weeks

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A massive wildfire that began last month in Santa Barbara County, Calif., will likely burn until early September, fire officials said.

Wildfires still plaguing California

LOS ANGELES, July 30 (UPI) -- Warm temperatures and extremely dry conditions in parts of California sparked a new fire and caused a previously contained blaze to reignite.

Brush fire hits California

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Fire officials in California say they have contained much of a brushfire that spread across the Angeles National Forest near Santa Clara.

Jacko's land scorched but house spared

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A small blaze, one of many wildfires in the Western United States, came close to Michael Jackson's place in California.

2,000 families flee S. Calif. brush fire

ANAHEIM, Calif., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A brush fire rolling through Orange County in southern California led to the evacuation of 2,000 homes and road and school closures near Anaheim.

SoCal's Leona Canyon fire near 4,500 acres

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4 (UPI) --
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler