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East Texas Volunteer Fire Fighter Loses Job

Amy Austin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:26:33 +0000

The impact of the wild fires in East Texas are taking their toll on many of the area’s brave volunteer fire fighters. Many of these selfless volunteers use their vacation time to supplement their income while they are out fighting fires. We have video explaining the situation after the jump. KLTV reported Josh Rarrick is [...]

Wildfires Scorch East Texas – Evacuations Ordered

Jeff Evans — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:38:59 +0000

Area wildfires have prompted several evacuations from area all across East Texas. Our news partners at KLTV have the most in-depth look at the current fires and any current evacuations going on. Here are area that have evacuations ordered with shelters provided for the residence displaced because of the fires. More after the jump.

Wildfires Burn in 12 States; 11,000 Evacuated

Stephanie Berning — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:00:46 +0000

As the largest wildfire in Arizona state history continued to burn in the eastern central part of the state on Wednesday, firefighters in 11 other states were busy battling blazes. Over 10,000 firefighters were working to contain 53 large wildfires, with more than 7,000 working in Arizona and New Mexico, CNN reported. In Arizona, flames [...]