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Firefighters gaining upper hand after more than 175 fires erupt in the Carolinas
After a rash of wildfires broke out over the weekend, scorching thousands of acres in South and North Carolina, firefighters on Monday reported making significant progress in extinguishing the blazes that prompted mass evacuations and threatened numerous homes, officials said.At one point on Saturday and ...
Private firefighters spark controversy amid devastating LA fires
(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) -- Across the Pacific Palisades, where the current Los Angeles wildfires began on Jan. 7, homes and buildings have been reduced to rubble, the once-bucolic neighborhood left ashen and desolate.But standing tall among the wreckage -- almost entirely unscathed -- remains Palisades ...