Arizona wildfires http://www.npr.org Arizona wildfires en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Thu, 17 May 2012 12:00:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Arizona wildfires http://www.npr.org Feds: Fire Season Off to Slow Start Even As Wildfires Rage in Southwest As five large fires burn thousands of acres and threaten some communities in the Southwest, federal response teams say they have plenty of resources available and that this wildfire season is actually getting off to a slow start. Thu, 17 May 2012 12:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/17/152911097/feds-fire-season-off-to-slow-start-even-as-wildfires-rage-in-southwest?ft=1&f=137054576 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/17/152911097/feds-fire-season-off-to-slow-start-even-as-wildfires-rage-in-southwest?ft=1&f=137054576 As five large fires burn thousands of acres and threaten some communities in the Southwest, federal response teams say they have plenty of resources available and that this wildfire season is actually getting off to a slow start.

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]]> McCain: Forest Service Gave Info That Illegal Immigrants Started Wildfires Some immigration activists accused McCain of wrongly blaming undocumented immigrants for at least one fire and perhaps more based on little to no evidence. Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:23:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/06/20/137307094/mccain-forest-service-gave-info-that-illegal-immigrants-started-wildfires?ft=1&f=137054576 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/06/20/137307094/mccain-forest-service-gave-info-that-illegal-immigrants-started-wildfires?ft=1&f=137054576 Some immigration activists accused McCain of wrongly blaming undocumented immigrants for at least one fire and perhaps more based on little to no evidence.

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]]> Crews Make Some Progress At Containing Arizona Wildfire Officials said Thursday that they had the massive blaze about five percent contained. Light winds over the next day or so are expected to help firefighters make more progress. Still, local media caution that "full containment is nowhere in sight." Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:58:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/10/137100697/crews-make-some-progress-at-containing-arizona-wildfire?ft=1&f=137054576 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/10/137100697/crews-make-some-progress-at-containing-arizona-wildfire?ft=1&f=137054576 Officials said Thursday that they had the massive blaze about five percent contained. Light winds over the next day or so are expected to help firefighters make more progress. Still, local media caution that "full containment is nowhere in sight."

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]]> 'No End In Sight' For Arizona Fires; 389,000 Acres Scorched So Far The blaze has now covered an area twice the size of the city of Chicago, and as the day began "zero percent" had been contained. Smoke from the fire has been detected as far away as Iowa. Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:32:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/08/137054568/no-end-in-sight-for-arizona-fires-389-000-acres-scorched?ft=1&f=137054576 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/08/137054568/no-end-in-sight-for-arizona-fires-389-000-acres-scorched?ft=1&f=137054576 The blaze has now covered an area twice the size of the city of Chicago, and as the day began "zero percent" had been contained. Smoke from the fire has been detected as far away as Iowa.

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