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Flames leap above fire vehicles as the Park Fire jumps Highway 36 near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, Calif., Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

California fire scorches through land the size of Los Angeles as blazes burn across U.S. West

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Firefighter Christian Moorhouse jumps over a fence while battling the Park Fire in the Cohasset community of Butte County, Calif., on Thursday, July 25, 2024. His crew was able to keep flames from reaching the mobile home they were protecting. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A tanker plane is missing in Oregon as Western wildfires spread

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A charred car and the remains of the Swiss Chalet Hotel are pictured after being destroyed by the South Fork Fire in the mountain village of Ruidoso, N.M., Saturday, June 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

FBI offers reward for information about deadly southern New Mexico wildfires

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In this photo provided by Pam Bonner, smoke rises from fires in Ruidoso, N.M., Monday, June 17, 2024. Thousands of southern New Mexico residents fled the mountainous village as a wind-whipped wildfire tore through homes and other buildings. (Pam Bonner via AP)

Rains, cooler weather help firefighters gain ground on large wildfires in southern New Mexico

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Protesters gather outside the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, for President Joe Biden's visit on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Biden's stop in Boise is part of a swing through Western states in which he will promote his administration's use of a wartime law to aid in wildfire preparedness. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler)

More than 1,000 protest Biden visit in Idaho: ‘He’s acting like a dictator’

By Keith Ridler and Rebecca Boone - Associated Press

200 US Army soldiers deployed to help fight wildfires

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Communities search for ways to live with growing fire threat

By ANTON L. DELGADO and DUSTIN PATAR - Associated Press

Alaska has nation’s most expensive wildfire this year

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In this Nov. 10, 2018, file photo, the Camp Fire burns along a ridge top near Big Bend, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Wildfire season lessened as Trump administration mobilizes to reduce risk

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 photo, trees charred by a fire stand in the foreground in from of North Sister and Middle Sister in the background as seen from the drive into the Boy Scouts of America Oregon Trail Council's Camp Melakwa in the Willamette National Forest near McKenzie Bridge, Ore. (Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard via AP)

Cool, damp weather brings relief to US wildfire outlook

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FILE--This Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, file photo provided by KATU-TV shows a wildfire as seen from near Stevenson Wash., across the Columbia River, burning in the Columbia River Gorge above Cascade Locks, Ore. The fast-moving wildfire chewing through Oregon's Columbia River Gorge is threatening more than homes and people. It's also devouring the heart of the state's nature-loving identity. (Tristan Fortsch/KATU-TV via AP, file)

The US West had a snowy winter, so why the fiery summer?

By DAN ELLIOTT - Associated Press

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, left, and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue speak in Boise, Idaho, on Friday, June 2, 2017. Both emphasized cooperation among federal, state, tribal and local agencies in battling wildfires as the main part of the wildfire season arrives. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler)

US agencies emphasize cooperation entering wildfire season

By KEITH RIDLER - Associated Press

Snow helps wrap up below-average wildfire season in US West

By BOB MOEN - Associated Press

A fire burns on Wiseman Island in Jefferson, Oregon. Firefighters in Marion County say the state-owned island in the Santiam River is expected to burn for several days. Because firefighters cannot reach the site, the state Fish and Wildlife Department let it burn. (jefferson fire district via associated press)

Lukewarm wildfire season throws damper on climate-change predictions

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A wildfire fills the sky with smoke north and above Bordertown, Nev., Tuesday July 15, 2014. Wildfires were also burning in Idaho, Oregon and California on Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Marilyn Newton) NO SALES; NEVADA APPEAL OUT; SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUT

Wildfire managers: Drones a threat to firefighters

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Fire experts predict average season

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug.,16, 2013 file photo shows helicopters battling the 64,000 acre Beaver Creek Fire north of Hailey, Idaho. A bipartisan effort is underway in Congress to change the way the country pays to battle its most catastrophic wildfires. Lawmakers from Oregon and Idaho met with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Monday, March 17, 2014 to discuss the budget reform. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

Congress studies new way to pay to fight big fires

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS - Associated Press