wildfires Archives - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning https://carbonmonoxide.com/tag/wildfires Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:26:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://carbonmonoxide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/comodule-36x36.png wildfires Archives - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning https://carbonmonoxide.com/tag/wildfires 32 32 Milder wind helps firefighters in Texas, Okla. https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/04/milder-wind-helps-firefighters-in-texas-okla.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/04/milder-wind-helps-firefighters-in-texas-okla.html#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:26:00 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/2009/04/milder-wind-helps-firefighters-in-texas-okla.html Date: 4/10/2009 SEAN MURPHYAssociated Press Writer MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) — Firefighters mopped up hot spots Friday from wind-driven wildfires that injured at least 34 people in western and central Oklahoma and destroyed more than 100 homes. Three people were killed across the state line in Texas. The fires began Thursday afternoon along the Interstate […]

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]]> https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/04/milder-wind-helps-firefighters-in-texas-okla.html/feed 0 Australian wildfire survivors seek help to rebuild https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/02/australian-wildfire-survivors-seek-help-to-rebuild.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/02/australian-wildfire-survivors-seek-help-to-rebuild.html#respond Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:11:00 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/2009/02/australian-wildfire-survivors-seek-help-to-rebuild.html Date: 2/19/2009 By KRISTEN GELINEAUAssociated Press Writer WHITTLESEA, Australia (AP) — The electrician’s tools were incinerated, the trucker’s rig reduced to a useless, burned shell. The deadly wildfires that swept southern Australia destroyed more than lives — they destroyed livelihoods. As the days since the Feb. 7 blazes wear on, the needs of the survivors […]

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]]> https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/02/australian-wildfire-survivors-seek-help-to-rebuild.html/feed 0 Australian churchgoers mourn wildfire victims https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/02/australian-churchgoers-mourn-wildfire-victims.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/02/australian-churchgoers-mourn-wildfire-victims.html#respond Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:41:00 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/2009/02/australian-churchgoers-mourn-wildfire-victims.html Date: 2/15/2009 By TANALEE SMITHAssociated Press Writer WHITTLESEA, Australia (AP) — Australians mourning the lives lost in horrific wildfires last week sought comfort at churches Sunday even as firefighters continued to battle a dozen blazes still burning in the state. Fire engines raced past the small, 140-year-old Christ Church in Whittlesea while the Archbishop of […]

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]]> https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/02/australian-churchgoers-mourn-wildfire-victims.html/feed 0 Campfire group won’t face charges for Calif. blaze https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/02/campfire-group-wont-face-charges-for-calif-blaze.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/02/campfire-group-wont-face-charges-for-calif-blaze.html#respond Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:15:00 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/2009/02/campfire-group-wont-face-charges-for-calif-blaze.html Date: 2/14/2009 SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Ten people who built a campfire won’t be charged with igniting a wildfire last fall that destroyed more than 200 homes in Santa Barbara and neighboring Montecito, prosecutors said Friday. Santa Barbara County District Attorney Christie Stanley said investigators could not prove who caused the wildfire that blackened […]

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]]> https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/02/campfire-group-wont-face-charges-for-calif-blaze.html/feed 0 Proving murder in case of wildfire arson difficult https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/02/proving-murder-in-case-of-wildfire-arson-difficult.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/02/proving-murder-in-case-of-wildfire-arson-difficult.html#respond Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:47:00 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/2009/02/proving-murder-in-case-of-wildfire-arson-difficult.html Date: 2/14/2009 By KRISTEN GELINEAUAssociated Press Writer SYDNEY (AP) — Outrage over the Australian wildfires that killed more than 180 people last week was white hot after police said some of the blazes may have been deliberately set. The prime minister said the culprits should “rot in jail,” and government officials threatened the maximum charge: […]

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]]> https://carbonmonoxide.com/2009/02/proving-murder-in-case-of-wildfire-arson-difficult.html/feed 0 Families settle with utility over Texas wildfire https://carbonmonoxide.com/2008/11/families-settle-with-utility-over-texas-wildfire.html https://carbonmonoxide.com/2008/11/families-settle-with-utility-over-texas-wildfire.html#respond Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:11:00 +0000 https://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/blog/2008/11/families-settle-with-utility-over-texas-wildfire.html Date: 11/8/2008 By ANGELA K. BROWNAssociated Press Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ An attorney says more than 100 families have settled a lawsuit with a utility whose damaged equipment sparked a devastating wildfire. Attorney Bill Altman says the last of five settlements with Oncor was finalized this week. He says the total is “substantially” […]

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