West fires burn half a million acres across ten states
Wildfires raged across ten Western states consuming about 537,791 acres of timber, brush, and scrub. One large Sierra Nevada blaze destroyed seven homes in Kennedy Meadows as 1,600 firefighters, 17 helicopters, and extra troops battled several California fires amid dry lightning forecasts.
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Calif
Sierra Nevada
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Michelle Barret
National Interagency Fire Center
Boise
West
Barret
Kennedy Meadows
Kern River
Temecula
Pechanga Indian Reservation
Agua Tibia
Cleveland National Forest
Mesa Verde Park Reopens After Wildfire Fire Damages Area
Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado reopens Friday after a lightning sparked wildfire burned 23 600 acres. Officials evacuated about 1 000 visitors July 20 as the blaze grew rapidly but the major cliff dwellings and visitor services remained intact. Park entrance will be free through August 18.
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Mesa Verde National Park
Colo
Colorado Park
Larry T. Wiese
Mesa Verde
Congress
Wiese
Fort Hood soldiers train in firefighting as wildfires rage
About 500 soldiers at Fort Hood begin firefighting training to aid civilian crews battling one of the worst Western wildfire seasons in 12 years. They will join 5,600 federal, state, and local crews already combating 50 fires across 10 states, with Marines from Camp Pendleton set to join.
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Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Barret
Pentagon
Fort Hood
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Boise
California
Sequoia National Forest
Sierra
Los Angeles
U.S. Army
Army
Jim Ball
Joint Forces
16Th Field Artillery
U.S
Archie Davis
4Th Infantry Division
Catry Patten
4Th Infantry
U.S. Forest Service
Los Alamos Scientists Placed on Paid Leave
About 35 members of Los Alamos National Laboratory's X-4 Division were put on paid leave for a week to recuperate from stress tied to the investigation of missing computer hard drives from a top secret vault. The drives were last seen in the X Division vault, found June 16 behind a copier, with FBI probes ongoing and return set for August 7.
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Los Alamos, N.M
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jim Danneskiold
X Division
Department of Energy
FBI
X-4 Division
X-4
Incinerator Workers Charge Army Cover-Up in Oregon
Eighteen workers at the Umatilla Chemical Depot in eastern Oregon sue the Army and Raytheon Co seeking compensation and an injunction to halt incinerator construction. They allege exposure to toxic nerve and mustard agents during a Sept. 15 incident and criticize delays in recognizing chemical exposure. Army officials deny the claims, citing data and air-monitoring calibration uncertainties.
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Portland, Ore
Umatilla
David Bosley
James E. McCandlish
Oregon
Raytheon Co
Raytheon
McCandlish
Army
Mary Binder
State
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Binder
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