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Two Arizona wildfires have consumed more than 200,000 acres and prompted evacuations, officials said.

Out-of-control wildfires in Texas have scorched nearly 400 square miles and destroyed dozens of homes as hot, windy conditions fuel the blazes. One fast-moving wildfire in West Texas had spread to more than 60,000 acres Sunday in Jeff Davis County and destroyed about 40 homes in Fort Davis before it raged north and east.

Wind-driven wildfires destroyed nearly 70 homes and burned more than 110,000 acres in West Texas, and gusty conditions threatened to wreak further ...

Widespread fire that has wreaked havoc in Israel could be contained soon, an Israeli public security official said Sunday .

As acres burn and the damage mounts from a nationwide eruption of wildfires, the government is being tested at all levels and, quite often, found wanting.

Officials issued new evacuation orders this morning as a Ventura County wildfire grew to nearly 8,500 acres.

The Station blaze has destroyed more than 50 buildings and burned more than 105,000 acres of mountainous brush.

Firefighters in Southern California braced for another day of hot, extremely dry weather as they battled two wildfires in the Angeles National Forest northeast of Los Angeles.

Many fled their homes Sunday as massive forest fires burned out of control on the northeast outskirts of Athens.

California residents are being urged to follow orders to leave their homes as crews struggled to control nearly a dozen wildfires burning in areas with inaccessible terrain.