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June 29, 2025

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Wildfire covers 1,000 acres on North Carolina’s Outer Banks

March 9, 2022 The Associated Press

A wildfire in eastern North Carolina has burned parts of the Outer Banks and covered the area in smoke. The Roanoke Island Volunteer Fire Department said Tuesday morning on Facebook that there was an active […]

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After fire’s containment, NC state park reopening to public

December 13, 2021 Associated Press

PINNACLE — Nearly all of a northwestern North Carolina state park is reopening after a wildfire burned over 1,000 acres before it was contained earlier this month. The Yadkin River section of Pilot Mountain State […]

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Escaped campfire blamed for Pilot Mountain blaze

December 2, 2021 Associated Press

PILOT MOUNTAIN — A wildfire at North Carolina’s Pilot Mountain State Park was caused by an escaped campfire in an undesignated area, officials said. The fire that has burned 1,050 acres was about 50% contained […]

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Pilot Mountain wildfire spreads as dry conditions continue

November 30, 2021 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH — One of the iconic landmarks of the foothills has been burning since Saturday. Fire crews are battling a blaze at Pilot Mountain State Park that has burned hundreds of acres since the weekend. […]

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Lake Tahoe threatened by massive fire, more ordered to flee

August 30, 2021 Associated Press

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Fire officials ordered more evacuations around the Tahoe Basin as a two-week old blaze encroached on the threatened mountain towns surrounding glimmering Lake Tahoe. By nightfall, all residents on the […]

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PG&E confesses to killing 84 people in 2018 California fire

June 16, 2020 Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Pacific Gas & Electric confessed Tuesday to killing 84 people in one of the most devastating wildfires in recent U.S. history during a dramatic court hearing punctuated by a promise from the company’s outgoing CEO […]

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Head: Fire crews battle California wildfires as death toll creeps up

October 10, 2017 North State Journal Staff

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Firefighters battled 15 wildfires on Tuesday that have killed at least 11 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses in Northern California while raging through the state’s world-famous wine country. Efforts […]

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Eleven dead as thousands flee wildfires in California wine country

October 9, 2017 North State Journal Staff

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Wildfires fanned by strong winds swept through California’s wine country on Monday after killing at least eleven people, forcing some 20,000 residents to flee, and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses. […]

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