Article: Nine villages evacuated as bush fires rampage.(News)

Article: Nine villages ordered to evacuate as wild fires ...
AP Worldstream;  January 30, 2003 ;     688 words ... ... South Wales fire chief Phil Koperberg warned residents in nine villages 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of Canberra to evacuate ... Thursday they have charged a 16-year- old boy with lighting bush fires. The boy is the third person to be charged with arson in ...

Article: DEVELOPMENT-COTE D'IVOIRE: TRADITIONAL BUSH FIRES ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  March 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... part of the country is more ravaged by bush fires than any other. "There is no year when bush fires aren't recorded in this part of the country ... National Committee to Defend Forests Against Bush Fires (Comit national de dfense de la fort contre ...

Article: DEVELOPMENT-COTE D'IVOIRE: TRADITIONAL BUSH FIRES ...
Interpress Service;  March 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... part of the country is more ravaged by bush fires than any other. "There is no year when bush fires aren't recorded in this part of the country ... National Committee to Defend Forests Against Bush Fires (Comit national de dfense de la fort contre ...

Article: Bush Fires Cause Heavy Casualties in China
Xinhua News Agency;  March 30, 2000 ;     341 words ...China has seen more than 620 bush fires around the country since the beginning ... of casualties. Recently, many major bush fires have broken out in southern China, including ... shrubs and weeds, have caused frequent bush fires. Forest areas in northeast China and ...

Article: Bush fires keep city firemen busy
New Straits Times;  February 13, 2002 ;     294 words ...New Straits Times 02-13-2002 Bush fires keep city firemen busy Edition: Main ... busy with them receiving 20 calls about bush fires in Wangsa Maju, Sungai Besi, Jinjang ... exercise caution and be on the lookout for bush fires, especially those near to houses. Illustrations ...

Article: Australia Bush Fires Threaten Coast
AP Online;  January 7, 2002 ;     665 words ...00-00-0000 Title: Australia Bush Fires Threaten Coast [image omitted] SYDNEY ... temperatures and strong winds fanned bush fires to within 600 yards of homes. The fire ... The rains are helping to combat the bush fires which have raged across the state of ...

Article: More bush fires blamed on arsonists
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 31, 2001 ;     414 words ...More bush fires blamed on arsonists From Journal Sentinel ... Sydney, Australia -- Arsonists set more bush fires Sunday south of Australia's largest ... helped firefighters contain hundreds of bush fires raging for a week across Australia ...