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Story Highlights
# Area's air pollution readings are 2 to 10 times the federal clean air standard
# Weather changes brought some relief but could spark more fires
# More than 15,000 firefighters are working on more than 1,000 blazes
# Officials urge people to keep themselves and their pets indoors

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/28/wildfi ... index.html

Firefighters brace for more California blazes

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/06/2 ... index.html

No new California fires, but old ones still rage

* Story Highlights
* About 570 square miles have burned in 1,420 Northern California blazes
* Many fires sparked by lightning storms; summer promises to bring more lightning
* About 19,500 firefighters, 926 helicopters being used to fight blazes
* Firefighters containing Colorado, New Mexico fires; less progress in Arizona

CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/30/calif. ... index.html

For More Information om the States Readiness and response
and for important State and Federal phone numbers click here:
http://www.fire.ca.gov/index_incidents.php

Heatwave??? I'd be more scared of the elegant K-Virus. Get your M-4 carbines ready, Ladies and gentlemen.

Military joining fire battles up, down California

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25494278

Weather aids California firefighters
Story Highlights
# NEW: Cool, damp air lets crews move personnel, equipment
# NEW: Mandatory evacuation order extended south of national forest
# NEW: Governor seeks $12 fee from taxpayers for fire control
# NEW: Arizona evacuees to be allowed to return home

CNN.Com
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/05/wildfi ... index.html

Many fires still remain. Fears rise of new wildfires in the fall due to drought conditions.

Crews stamp out flames in Paradise, Calif. blaze
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July 14th, 2008
California fire crews make gains
Posted: 03:54 PM ET

(CNN) — California turned a big corner over the weekend, with firefighters boosting to 84 percent the portion of the state’s wildfires now contained, federal and state emergency officials said Monday.

But even with that progress — made possible by favorable weather — much work still needs to be done, Henry Renteria, director of the California Office of Emergency Services, said during a telephone news conference. “We have damage assessment teams that are waiting to be deployed to see what kind of impact these fires have had on the state,” he said

Another concern for federal officials is their ability to respond to fires elsewhere, with 80 percent of federal fire resources now operating in California.

Gov. Schwarzenegger and President Bush Discuss Coordinated Federal and State Response to California’s Wildfires

Video
http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/10219

Up to 100 homes burned in California blaze
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/14/califo ... index.html