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Thousands flee New Mexico wildfire, at least 1 dead, governor’s office says

By Morgan Lee, Associated Press

Thousands of southern New Mexico residents fled a mountainous village as a wind-whipped wildfire tore through homes and other buildings, and killed at least one person.

A wildfire forces out hundreds of residents in Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray

By Associated Press

The Rural Municipality of Wood Buffalo says residents in Beacon Hill, Abasand, Prairie Creek and Grayling Terrace need to leave by 4 p.m.

Maui Fire Department report on deadly wildfire details how it was no match for unprecedented blazes

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Rebecca Boone, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press

When wildfires broke out across the Hawaiian island of Maui last August, some firefighters carried victims piggyback over downed power lines to safety and sheltered survivors inside their fire engines.

Firefighters battle drought and high winds as wildfires rage across Mexico

By Felix Marquez, Associated Press

The National Forestry Commission reported 58 active fires in 15 states, including in protected nature reserves in Morelos, Veracruz and Mexico states.

Texas panhandle wildfires force evacuations and brief shut down of nuclear facility

By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press

Authorities have not said what might have caused the blaze, which tore through sparsely populated counties set amid vast, high plains punctuated by cattle ranches and oil rigs.

The death toll from Chile’s wildfires reaches 131, and more than 300 people are missing

By Associated Press

The death toll from wildfires that ravaged central Chile for several days increased to 131 on Tuesday, and more than 300 people were still missing as the blazes appeared to be burning themselves out.

U.S. Forest Service sued over flooding deaths in the wake of New Mexico’s largest recorded wildfire

By Associated Press

The wrongful death lawsuit filed in early October alleges the agency was negligent in the management of the prescribed burn that caused the blaze.

WATCH: House committee holds hearing on Maui fires and electrical grids

By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press

Hawaii’s top public utility officials and the president of Hawaiian Electric testified in the hearing about the role the electrical grid played in last month’s deadly Maui wildfire.

Hawaii economists say Lahaina locals could be priced out of rebuilt town without zoning changes

By Andrew Selsky, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press

Economists in Hawaii warn that residents who survived the wildfire that destroyed much of the Maui community of Lahaina might not be able to afford to live there after it is rebuilt unless officials alter the zoning laws and make…

Lahaina residents brace for what they’ll find as they return to devastated burn zone

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press

Lahaina residents are bracing for what they'll find when they return to the ruins of their homes after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century killed at least 97 people and destroyed thousands of buildings.