http://www.fourwinds10.net 2013-06-18T17:24:14+01:00 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1367602854 May 3, 2013 Fires are spreading in two different areas in California, one spreading to more than 6,000 acres as of Thursday afternoon. The main fire spread about 50 miles outside of Los Angeles as hundreds of firefighters tried to stop it.  Evacuation orders included the smoke-choked campus of California State University, according to the Associated Press. The area is at the western edge of the Santa Monica Mountains, which abruptly descend to a coastal plain. It was possible the flames could burn all the way to the Pacific Ocean, about 10 miles from the start point. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1365181678 April 4, 2013 On April 3rd Chechnya’s tallest building, a luxury hotel, caught fire and burned for 29 hours before finally being put out. The building is completely destroyed, however it did not collapse. This raises many questions as to how World Trade Center 7 could have collapsed on 9/11 with only small fires on a couple of floors. Looking at the photo taken of yesterdays blaze and comparing it to the WTC 7 photo taken on 9/11, we see two very different situations. In one we see a large portion of the building on fire and the fire appears to have been burning for some time. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1359519790 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1354152326 Nov. 25, 2012 At least 112 employees of a Bangledesh garment factory perished in a blaze late Saturday after becoming trapped inside the building with no fire exits. The factory produced clothing for Wal-Mart, and other U.S. retailers. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1347984603 Sept. 17, 29012 Fire tornadoes occur when a column of warm, rising air contacts with - or creates - fire on the ground   An astonished filmmaker is coming to grips with the moment he witnessed one of nature's rarest phenomenons - a tornado comprised entirely of fire- and lived to tell the tale. Chris Tangey had been out in Alice Springs, Australia, scouting locations for a new movie. After finishing the task, he went over to help workers at a cattle station when he was confronted by one of nature's most intimidating spectacles. (SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS) * * * * * *   Scroll down for video   Fire storm: A filmmaker in Alice Springs, Australia shot some video of a fire tornado that happened on Monday     Distant view: At the time, he was300-metres away from the 30-metre high fire swirl which 'sounded like a fighter jet' despite there being no wind in the area     Destructive: A fire tornado, also know as a fire devil, is caused when a column of warm, rising air comes into contact - or causes - a fire on the ground Just 300-metres away was a 30-metre high fire swirl which 'sounded like a fighter jet' despite there being no wind in the area. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1346431854 Aug. 31, 2012 California Incidents Incidents Announcements Closures News Photographs Maps Viewing 1-10 of 62 incidents sorted by MODIFIED in DESCENDING order. « previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |  next » Sort this table by clicking a column header. Clicking the header a second time sorts the table in the opposite direction. You can view a specific incident by clicking the incident name. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1345050583 Aug. 15, 2012 (CNN) -- Whipped by high winds, wildfires in central Washington state have scorched 28,000 acres and destroyed at least 60 buildings, officials said Tuesday. One of those structures was the home of Elaine Burt. After she left her home near Ellensburg she received terrible news from a neighbor; she'd lost more than a home -- all her dogs had died, too, CNN affiliate KING reported. "They're all dead, and my house is gone," she said as her neighbor phoned her with an update. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1343663329 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1341674200 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1341586151 July 5, 2012 Dale Fire seen from west Redding. Photo by Candace Brown. http://anewscafe.com/2012/07/05/happy-valley-fire-causes- evacutions-road-closures-readers-please-update-with-information/ A fire this evening that started on Cloverdale Road in Happy Valley and moved toward West Redding has grown to about 1,200 acres and is forcing evacuations in the area as it threatens well over 100 homes, firefighters reported. About 9:10 p. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1341419597 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1341248109 June 29, 2012 As America watches large sections of Colorado literally burn to the ground, many are wondering why all of this is happening.  There have always been wildfires, but what we are experiencing now seems very unusual.  So is the number of wildfires in the United States increasing?  As you will see later in this article, the answer is yes.  2011 was a record setting year for wildfires and this wildfire season is off to a very frightening start.  Right now the eyes of the nation are focused on the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1340109244 6/11/12 An out-of-control wildfire in the western US state of Colorado more than doubled in size overnight, with one person missing and up to 100 structures destroyed, officials said Monday. In neighboring New Mexico, a blaze was also burning out of control, although authorities said a lull in the weather was providing an opportunity to make progress against the fire. In Colorado, firefighters were struggling to get a grip on the flames, fanned by high winds. "The hope for containment today is tenuous and entirely dependent on weather conditions," said fire services commander Bill Hohnenberg. The blaze, dubbed the High Park Fire, broke out early Saturday near Fort Collins, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Denver. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1316274863 (NaturalNews) As fires raged across central Texas for the past three days, local citizens sprang into action to protect their lives and property. Local churches opened their doors and began hosting refugees left homeless by the fires which have now destroyed more than 1,000 homes and 100,000 acres across the state in just the past week. Several branches of the YMCA also began hosting families with children, and a public school in Bastrop County opened its doors to serve as an emergency relief center. See a YouTube video of a citizen's narrow escape around Highway 21 near Bastrop, Texas: http://www.youtube. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1309626271 (NaturalNews) Threats of radioactive disaster from what is shaping up to be the largest wildfire in the state's history are escalating, as heavy winds and plenty of dry brush have fueled flames to within 50 feet of New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), home of the first atomic bomb. Crews claim there are currently no fires burning on the lab's 36 square mile property, but the entire town of Los Alamos, population 11,000, has been evacuated, and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now on radiation alert in the area. As of Sunday, the massive wildfire had already burned up nearly 145 square miles of land across New Mexico, or 92,735 acres, which is just a few hundred acres short of the massive Dry Lakes fire that swept Gila National Forest in 2003. But the current wildfire's proximity to the nuclear facility is particularly troubling because there are about 30,000 55-gallon drums of radioactive plutonium waste on the site that, according to some reports, are not particularly well-protected. "The concern is that these drums will get so hot that they'll burst," said Joni Arends, executive director of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1309620428 Los Alamos Fire is quickly spreading Across The Lab Property . Area's of Known Chemical Nuclear use are confirmed as Burning ! VIEW HERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc82ZhKT9ws&feature=youtu.be June 29, 2011 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1309545197 LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Thousands of residents calmly fled Monday from the mesa-top town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory, ahead of an approaching wildfire that sent up towering plumes of smoke, rained down ash and sparked a spot fire on lab property where scientists 50 years ago conducted underground tests of radioactive explosives. Los Alamos National Laboratory officials said that the spot fire was soon contained and no contamination was released. They also assured that radioactive materials stored in various spots elsewhere on the sprawling lab were safe from flames. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1309281835 Reuters) - A raging wildfire in Los Alamos on Monday briefly entered the property of the nation's preeminent nuclear facility, Los Alamos National Laboratory, a vast complex that houses research laboratories and a plutonium facility. A mandatory evacuation has been ordered for the town of Los Alamos, which has a population of about 12,000. Firefighters were able to douse the flames on the one-acre "spot fire" just inside the southwestern boundary of the lab site, about 25 miles outside Santa Fe, authorities said. Buildings still have not been touched by flames, and authorities said there was little threat to sensitive areas of the 28,000-acre complex. The laboratory's plutonium facility is on the northeast side of the complex, while the fire seems to be moving south and east, said another lab spokesman, Kevin Roark. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1303320024 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1299950059 (CNN) -- A series of large grass fires destroyed more than 30 homes Friday in at least three towns in Oklahoma, local and state officials reported, while another blaze raged outside the Colorado city of Boulder. More than two dozen fires have been reported in several cities across the state, said Michelann Ooten, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. Gov. Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency for all 77 Oklahoma counties. "We know homes, as well as other property, have been lost and we will work to do everything we can to help Oklahomans during their time of need," Fallin said in a statement released Friday. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1286389188 OBION COUNTY, Tenn. - Imagine your home catches fire but the local fire department won't respond, then watches it burn. That's exactly what happened to a local family tonight. A local neighborhood is furious after firefighters watched as an Obion County, Tennessee, home burned to the ground. The homeowner, Gene Cranick, said he offered to pay whatever it would take for firefighters to put out the flames, but was told it was too late. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1284231164 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1284219515 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1284125874 SAN BRUNO, Calif. –  Fire crews flooded the ruins of burning homes with water early Friday after a massive explosion apparently triggered by a broken gas line sent flames roaring through a neighborhood near San Francisco, destroying more than 50 houses. There was one confirmed death and reports of several others. Thursday night's explosion was heard for miles and shot a fireball more than 1,000 feet in the air and sent frightened residents fleeing for safety and rushing to get belongings out of burning homes, witnesses said. Utility officials said a natural gas line ruptured in the vicinity of the blast, which left a giant crater and sent flames tearing across several suburban blocks in San Bruno just after 6 p. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1283444917 This forest fire was the largest in US history. VIEW VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNiSb7fFrIY   Sept. 2, 2010 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1282582872 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1281734034 MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday admitted wildfires hit swathes of land contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster, raising fears that buried radioactive particles could be released into the air, as a new wildfire broke out near a nuclear facility. The new wildfire caused by lightning flamed up near a major nuclear research centre in the Russian town of Sarov, causing the plant's management to ask firefighters and troops to reverse their withdrawal. Russia had begun withdrawing hundreds of firefighters and soldiers sent to douse the fires around Sarov, a town 500 kilometres east of Moscow which houses the country's main nuclear research facility and is still closed to foreigners. "The centre's director Valentin Kostioukov has asked the emergency situations ministry urgently to suspend the withdrawal of troops from Sarov and send in heavy equipment as reinforcements," it said. Smog from the wildfires that shrouded Moscow for days triggering a public health crisis finally dissipated as the authorities claimed the total area on fire in Russia had halved over the last 24 hours. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1281730855 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1277883163 (NaturalNews) It's hurricane season in the Atlantic, and that means Mother Nature could be whipping up fierce storms and sending them charging into the Gulf Coast any day now. In a normal hurricane season, that's bad enough all by itself... remember Katrina? But now there's something even more worrisome in the recipe: There's oil in the water. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1276360145 June 06, 2010 — OIL SPILL fake !! its a volcano and I THINK ITS GONNA BLOW !! proof here Guatemala Sinkhole video and pictures 2012 ZION new world order 'barak obama is freemason Antichrist FEMA COFFINS' HARRP WEAPON 'end times Gulf of mexico oil spill California Earthquake Tsunami Prophecy nibiru agatha VIEW VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en9CoYb0OHs June 8, 2010   text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1252941502 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1252006035 Sept. 2, 2009 Soaring temperatures across the western United States have given rise to a string of massive wildfires this past week. More than 120,000 acres (485 square kilometers) have burned in the state of California alone, with thousands forced to flee their homes. Smoke from Station Fire Blankets Southern California (NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team)   Fire officials estimate that it will take at least another two weeks before the fires in California can be contained. Despite the absence of high winds, which are typically the primary factor in the quick spread of wildfires, the fires have nonetheless grown massively. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1251760624 August 29, 2009   Station Fire 3:30 pm 8-29-09. Photo Meryl Ann Butler. This is an update to California Fire Update: Station Fire 1:30 pm, Pacific Time 8-28-09 at http://www.opednews.com/articles/California-Fire-Update-St-by-Meryl-Ann-Butler-090828-821. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1251226760 ----- Original Message ----- From: Campbell Rebecca To: Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 11:34 AM Subject: AP: "Wildfires" Causing Mass Evacuations in Suburbs of Athens     These "wildfires" were likely set by minions of the Illuminati to spead distraction/fear among the Greek people, the majority of whom are resisting imminent enforced vaccinations.    They recently used a similar ploy when one of their corporate "sock puppets" -- or more accurately, corporate "armored fist puppets" -- Blackwater, the mercenary firm being investigated for war crimes in Iraq -- was refused land in the mountains near San Diego to build a training facility by the citizens of the village of Portillo, California.  Soon after, dangerous arson-generated "wildfires" broke out in the nearby national forest, destroying many of their homes.  -- REC Thousands evacuated as fires reach Athens suburbs By DEMETRIS NELLAS, Associated Press Sunday, August 23, 2009 www.ap. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1242151170 May 7, 2009   Thousands of homes in Southern California were evacuated late Wednesday as wildfires raged across more than 200 hectares of land. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency last night and strong winds were forecast for Thursday, heightening fears of the fires spreading. Photos late afternoon - 6 May | Photo 02 see larger image Santa Barbara officials said 5,430 houses were under mandatory evacuation, leaving over 13,000 people to find a place to stay for the night and worrying about their homes. The fire, which began Tuesday, appeared to be dying down through most of Wednesday, said the CBC's Steve Futterman, reporting from Santa Barbara. But later that evening, gusts approaching 100 kilometres an hour hit the area, pushing the flames from north to south and into neighbourhoods around the town. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1241892559 May 9, 2009 SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - After days of torrid temperatures and ferocious wind, morning fog gave some relief Saturday to firefighters battling the wildfire that has burned 80 homes and forced 30,000 people to flee. Beck/Getty A firefighter douses the last remaining embers of a home that burned to the ground in the Jesusita fire, in Santa Barbara, California. McNew/Getty Dan Fernandez carries belongings at a wildfire evacuation center on the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara where he and his family took shelter. Read more: "Fog quells Santa Barbara wildfires that forced 30,000 to evacuate; blazes 30 percent contained" - http://www. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1238530091 March 31, 2009 All gone...can never be replaced! THIS HAS SOUND! ENJOY Very sad result of the Victorian bush fires . . text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1237916518 March 22, 2009   NAIVASHA, Kenya, March 22 (Reuters) - Flames leapt off the summit of one of Kenya's best-known mountains on Sunday as a bush fire razed the dry slopes and sent wildlife fleeing. Residents near Mount Longonot, an extinct volcano in Kenya's Great Rift Valley, said the blaze, which began on Saturday, might have been caused by illegal charcoal-burners. "It's the biggest fire I have ever seen here in the last 10 years," said Charles Mburu, from nearby Longonot town. Fires are common around Longonot, and in other parts of the east African nation, during dry periods. Kenya is suffering a drought this year that has parched the landscape, left farmers facing ruin, and contributed to hunger the government says is affecting 10 million people. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1236709850 March 8, 2009 EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Several wildfires broke out across Oklahoma Friday, and weather conditions that contributed to the rapid spread of the flames were expected to improve only slightly during the weekend. No serious injuries have been reported. A grass fire threatened more than a dozen homes in a new Edmond housing addition before being brought under control shortly after noon, said Edmond Assistant Fire Chief Tim Wheeler. The addition does not yet have fire hydrants and trucks from Edmond, Guthrie, Deer Creek and Oak Cliff fire departments were hauling in water to help fight the flames. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1235776638 From: MB Date: 2/26/2009 5:50:49 PM To:  Subject: Operation Phoenix   Mittwoch, 11. February 2009 NASA satellite image of Victorian bush fires (SEE BELOW) Re: current NASA satellite image of Victorian bush fires and why the fires are probably a major, government-inspired terrorist act! If you look closely at this satellite image, you will see the current active fires in red and flames in pink. The areas previously burned are in brick red. The media has been saying that there are about 400 separate locations in which the fires have been set, and it may very well be true judging from the huge coverage and number of active individual fires in the image. Note there are four main groups of fires, one very small group to the northwest of Port Philip Bay (the top of which sits the city of Melbourne), two big ones northeast of Port Philip Bay and one much smaller group further northeast. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1234317471 related: Islam Group Urges Forest Fire Jihad - flashback Terrorists Plotted Setting U.S. Fires - flashback February 9, 2008 Fox News Firefighters and homeowners aren't the only ones keenly watching Australia's massive wildfires, responsible for killing at least 173 people in the southern part of the continent. Photo: Police inspect a farm house destroyed by wildfires in Kinglake, Australia. (AP) Terrorism experts suspect Muslim extremists are watching closely, too — and taking note of the devastation. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1234294920 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1234111947 Sunday, February 8, 2009 HEALESVILLE, Australia – Towering flames razed entire towns in southeastern Australia and burned fleeing residents in their cars as the death toll rose to 84 on Sunday, making it the country's deadliest fire disaster. At least 700 homes were destroyed in Saturday's inferno when searing temperatures and wind blasts produced a firestorm that swept across a swath of the country's Victoria state, where all the deaths occurred. Play Video AP  – Australian wildfires kill dozens, destroy homes Slideshow: Wildfires rage in Australia AP – A fire truck moves away from out of control flames from a bushfire in the Bunyip Sate Forest near the … "Hell in all its fury has visited the good people of Victoria," Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told reporters as he toured the fire zone on Sunday. "It's an appalling tragedy for the nation." Thousands of exhausted volunteer firefighters were still battling about 30 uncontrolled fires Sunday night in Victoria, officials said, though conditions had eased considerably. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1227063671 Posted NOv. 18, 2008 Suppressed techology Deliberate ineptitude It was only four years ago, almost to the day that we experienced the Cedar fire, which at that time was one of the biggest fires in California history, after investigation it was proven to be Arson. Every year at this time the weather in Southern California becomes very dry and dangerous for fire. You would think our government agencies would have learned something from it. You would think that in four years. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1226770709 Nov. 14, 2008 The Santa Ana winds kept firefighters away overnight as a massive wildfire engulfed dozens of expensive homes in Montecito, Calif., reports Hattie Kauffman. TO VIEW THIS VIDEO CLICK ON: http://www.cbsnews. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1224207393 Oct. 16, 2008 LOS ANGELES — Darlene Westman stepped carefully Wednesday through the blackened debris of the home where she has spent the past 25 years, her bare hands sifting the ashes for anything that might have survived the flames.   There wasn't much: a decorative stone lion, a dinner plate, and a pile of cracked ceramic doll heads that had belonged to her late mother. "This is hard to grasp," she said. Her daughter, Denise Harvey, 44, was holding back tears. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1224037217 California battered by wind-whipped wildfires October 14, 2008 By AP LOS ANGELES (AP) - Powerful winds stoked three major wildfires on Tuesday morning after destroying dozens of homes, forcing thousands to flee and leaving two people dead. Photo: Oct. 13, 2008: A wildfire burns about 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. (AP) The fires have charred nearly 13,000 acres in suburban Los Angeles and northern San Diego County in three days, with the fiercest blazes burning in the San Fernando Valley. More than 2,000 firefighters and a fleet of water- and retardant-dropping aircraft battled the 5,000 acre Sesnon Fire, which was burning brightly and sending flames skyward Tuesday in canyons on the west end of the valley, and the 5,300-acre Marek Fire at the northeast end. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1217374716 July 29, 2008 MARIPOSA, Calif. — Fire authorities working to contain a wildfire raging outside Yosemite National Park shut a major highway into the wilderness Tuesday, keeping travelers far from the park's western gate so crews could battle flames licking close to thousands of homes. Authorities said Tuesday the blaze roaring through a steep, dry river canyon had destroyed 25 homes, and forced the evacuation of 300 others in the Sierra Nevada foothill towns of Midpines and Coulterville. PHOTO GALLERY: California wildfires More than 46 square miles of rugged terrain have burned since a target shooter sparked the wildfire on Friday. The fire was 15% contained Tuesday morning as it burned about 12 miles from Yosemite National Park, which remained open and teeming with visitors. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1215884195 Troops called in for first time in 30 years; exhausted fire crews to get relief updated 9:05 p.m. ET, Thurs., July. 10, 2008 ALBION, Calif. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/fire/news.php?q=1215308698 Posted 7/5/08 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — California's wildfires blazed across the state on Friday, with an army of firefighters desperately trying to staunch the flames as they edged towards populated regions. State officials said 19,925 personnel were battling 60 active fires, which were among 1,800 blazes which have scorched nearly 521,000 acres (210,800 hectares) since being triggered by lightning a fortnight ago. The focal point of containment efforts is a wind-driven blaze besieging the picturesque village of Big Sur, a normally bustling tourist haven around 120 miles (193 kilometers) south of San Francisco. The blaze threatening the town has swept through 65,393 acres of the Los Padres National Forest and was only five percent contained according to latest figures on Friday. With a combination high temperatures, low humidity and offshore gusts fanning the fires, officials have said they are battling against a "perfect storm" of weather conditions.