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Warm conditions hindering wildfire efforts

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 10 (UPI) -- Alaska's state Division of Forestry says warm and dry conditions throughout the state are hindering firefighters' attempts to extinguish dozens of wildfires.

Fires blazing across Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 9 (UPI) -- Fires were plaguing the south central area of Alaska, including one that consumed more than 125,000 acres, the state Division of Forestry said Thursday.

Rain could aid Florida firefighters

ORLANDO, Fla., May 13 (UPI) -- Authorities in Central Florida hoped additional rain forecast Wednesday would help put out wildfires that have scorched thousands of acres.

Wildfires strike Florida

PASCO, Fla., March 23 (UPI) -- Separate fires in Florida have scorched 600 acres of the Withlacoochee State Forest and 18 acres in Pasco, the state Division of Forestry said.

Invasive beetle attacks redbay trees

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- A beetle imported from Asia is spreading around the southeast United States, leaving dead and dying redbay trees in its wake.

Hunters sickened after finding sewage dump

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Seven hunters were sickened in Lake County, Fla., after coming in contact with contaminated sewage while rounding up their dogs.

Alaska wildfire fight helped by rain

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 2 (UPI) -- Wet weather has helped crews battling some Alaska wildfires but there was not enough rain to keep fire from edging into the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

Timber harvesters ignore streamside areas

SEWANEE, Tenn., June 6 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found timber harvesters fail to properly maintain streamside areas on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee.

Fla. wildfires burn more than 25,000 acres

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May 10 (UPI) -- More than 50 wildfires in Florida have consumed more than 25,000 acres, and firefighters were getting little help from the weather on Wednesday.

Dry weather brings wildfires to Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 28 (UPI) -- A wildfire jumped containment lines near Jacksonville, Fla., Friday and fire officials feared the dry weather could fuel more blazes throughout the state.

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