Oregon wildfire prompts large evacuations near Sisters
Winds fanned the Cache Mountain Fire forcing 4 000 to 5 000 residents from Black Butte Ranch and surrounding homes west of Sisters Oregon The blaze had burned about 3 300 acres by midday Sunday and emergency centers opened in Bend as Highway 20 closed The Red Cross assisted evacuees and a guard contingent aided about 650 firefighters amid ongoing threats to homes and infrastructure including power lines.
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Black Butte
Lou Helmley
Red Cross
Bend
Santiam Junction
Sisters
Jill Click
Bonnie Lippitt
Northwest Interagency Coordination Center
Caldera
Columbia River
Dalles
Sheldon Ridge
Columbia River Gorge
Bonneville Power Administration
Foster
Wasco County Sheriffs Office
Rocky Wade
Klamath County
Chiloquin
White River
Wasco County
Miners Rescued From Quecreek Shaft After Three Days
Nine miners emerged from a flooded Quecreek mine shaft in Somerset Pennsylvania after three days underground. Doctors reported mild hypothermia with no major injuries thanks to warm pressurized air pumped into the chamber and the miners’ rapid rescue. Three men remained hospitalized with chest pains and decompression concerns, while others were released. The operation involved air systems, helicopters, ambulances, and multiple decompression chambers as crews worked to reach them 240 feet below ground.
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Somerset
Russell Dumire
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
Dumire
John Weir
Black Wolf Coal Co
Quecreek Mine
Conemaugh
John Unger
Randy Fogle
Thomas Foy
Mark Schweiker
Somerset Hospital
David Hess
State Department of Environmental Protection
Laxman
Miners Trapped in Water-Filled Mine Rescued After 20 Hours
Sealed underground walls and a 60 million gallon flood trapped 14 miners 55 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Rescue teams from 18 helicopters and a West Virginia drill rig eventually freed them in a sequence from 1 a.m. to 2:45 a.m.. the miners, aged 30s to 50s, were treated for hypothermia and chest pains.
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Doug Custer
Mayhugh
West Virginia
Margot Kidder Drives Health Turn After Mental Health Battle
Margot Kidder, the 54 year old grandmother and Superman star, speaks about healing her body after a widely publicized breakdown. She says she avoided psychiatric drugs and now focuses on staying healthy as she promotes The Vagina Monologues at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
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Denver
Margot Kidder
Los Angeles
Kidder
Denver Center For the Performing Arts
Daniella Shines in Pageants Arts and Medicine Aim
About a month ago Daniella won Grand Supreme Talent in Albuquerque and earned tumbling accolades from Alcorn Academy. She topped a Roswell High School dance camp and holds $300 in college bonds. She excels in piano, grades, and was honor roll at Monterrey Elementary as a conflict mediator. Her goal is Texas Tech and pediatrics. She loves reading Harry Potter and performing with Cowboy Cheerleaders. The family calls her a good person with a bright smile.
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Daniella
Albuquerque
Alcorn Academy
Roswell High School
Lubbock
Midland
Monterrey
Texas Tech University
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Pittsburgh
Sipesville
Mining Company
Spencer Theater
Roswell
Bark Ringe Seas
Shoppe, Inc
Saineese Lo Ecito TV
New
Audio Acoustics Hearing Center
4Th Street
America’s Playground
Las Vegas
el Paso
Stephanie
Rosie O'Donnell
Joann
Ray Romano
Raymond
Federal Consumer Information Center
Pueblo
Gsa
U.S. General Services Administration
Mountain States
Pecan West Country Club
W. Country Club Rd
Pecan
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