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Railroad to pay $102 million after fire
Union Pacific Railroad Co. will pay $102 million to settle a federal lawsuit over damage from an extensive California wildfire sparked by railroad employees in 2000, officials said yesterday. U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott said the settlement marks the U.S....Tags: Fires, Union Pacific Railroad, Railway Transportation, Transportation, Unions
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California: Railroad agrees to pay $102 million for fire
Union Pacific Railroad Co. has agreed to pay $102 million for a huge California wildfire sparked by its workers in what federal officials described Tuesday as a precedent-setting case. U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott said the settlement marks the U.S....Tags: Union Pacific Corporation, Fires, Union Pacific Railroad, Railway Transportation, Transportation
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UPDATE: Huge Brush Fire Subsides In Central Washington
The Associated PressAn evacuation order for up to 300 people was lifted Wednesday as more firefighters were put to work on a wind-driven wildfire fueled by sagebrush in central Washington, officials said. A survey Wednesday morning showed the blaze had covered more than 2.3...Tags: Fires
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Kern County Woman Mauled By Bear
A Kern County woman mauled by a bear underwent 10 hours of surgery and is expected to recover, her neighbor said Wednesday.
Allena Hansen, 57, was "lucid, active and probably pretty sore" after undergoing surgery Tuesday for serious cuts to her head...Tags: Health Treatments, Hospitals and Clinics, Therapies, Ronald Reagan, Fires
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Wildfire Threatens Homes In Central Washington
The Associated PressBrisk winds fanned a new wildfire across some 7.8 square miles of sagebrush Tuesday night, threatening several dozen homes and leading authorities to evacuate as many as 300 people. The fire, pushed by 25 mph winds with higher gusts, was reported burning...Tags: Fires
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Calif. woman attacked by bear, drives self to help
A woman walking her two dogs in a rural area of Southern California was attacked and severely injured by a bear, but managed to escape and drive herself to a nearby fire station. The woman suffered severe lacerations to her face and head in Tuesday's...Tags: Nature, Fires
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Flames toast Alaskan tundra
McClatchy-TribuneThe Arctic is burning. It long has, of course, but now with greater regularity and more ferocity. Splinters of lightning crackle on the tundra, setting ablaze runaway fires that toast the landscape black. Around this remote pond deep in the Arctic...Tags: Ecosystems, Fires, Forests, Wildlife, Global Warming
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Showers unlikely to extinguish wildfires
JUNCTION CITY — Scattered showers forecast for California's northern mountains Sunday weren't expected to extinguish stubborn wildfires still threatening homes but could mean more lightning for the charred region, officials said. A low-pressure...Tags: Fires
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Rain may help rein in wildfire
-Firefighters are looking to scattered showers forecast for California's northern mountains to help rein in the last wildfires still keeping people from their homes. Residents of Junction City remained under mandatory evacuation orders for a third day...Tags: Fires, Forestry and Timber
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Firefighters Have Cold Springs Fire Nearly Contained
The Associated PressThe fire burning near Mount Adams is nearly contained. Firefighters have gained 75 percent containment of the forest fire in south-central Washington, and are focusing on torching fuel within protective lines around the burn. The 12 ½-square-mile Cold...Tags: Fires, Forestry and Timber, Weather Reports
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