...fireballs in the state were fueled by dry, dead grass and record-breaking heat.Forecasters with the National Interagency Fire Center said the conditions are a little different this year. A lack of moisture in many places has resulted in...

...already the worst since 1996, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho. More than 46,000 fires have...many things to remember.'' On the Net: National Interagency Fire Center: http://www.nifc.gov

...heights of 100 feet, and the fire was threatening a power line to the tiny community of Cibecue. On the Net: National Interagency Fire Center sites: http://www.nifc.gov and http://www.nifc.gov/news/nicc.html Mesa Verde National...

HAMILTON, Mont. - Even as fire crews made progress across the West, vast blazes in western Montana forced more evacuations and sent smoke streaming into South Dakota, more than 500 miles away.

...California, the 11,734-acre Pechanga Indian reservation fire was contained late Thursday. On the Net: National Interagency Fire Center: http://www.nifc.gov Forest Service: http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/news.shtml

...Montana fires that have burned 367,531 acres. On Sunday, the fire roared from 80 acres to 2,000. The National Interagency Fire Center said 23 major fires in Montana were burning out of control. Nationwide, the center said, 82 major wildfires...

...to return home, hundreds of others remained out of their homes for a second week as fires burned on. The National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho said the 25 largest fires burning in Montana represented almost half the 964,721 acres burning...

...damaged. The blaze was among 86 fires burning 1.1 million acres in 11 Western states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho. Nationally, wildfires have burned about 5.1 million acres so far -- more than twice the 10-year...

...About 30 of the most significant fires have burned about 600,000 acres in Montana, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho. More than one-third of the land is in the Bitterroot Valley, where hundreds of evacuees remained...

...this year. Across the West on Tuesday, the National Interagency Fire Center said 79 out-of-control fires in Arizona...of sunscreen and lip balm. On The Net: National Interagency Fire Center: http://www.nifc.gov