International Business News - Wildfires http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The U.S. military says a group of Iraqi soldiers has donated $500 to help California wildfire victims. Iraqi Col. Abbas Fadhil at the Besmaya range complex south of Baghdad says his troops want to send a message to the American people with the donation that "we are a family." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/iraqi-troops-donate-money-to-us-wildfire-victims.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:10:15 EST A group of college students who lit a ridge-top bonfire is being blamed for accidentally sparking one of three ferocious wildfires that collectively destroyed about 1,000 homes and blacked more than 65 square miles. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/177886-wildfires.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/bonfire-blamed-for-sparking-santa-barbara-wildfire.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/bonfire-blamed-for-sparking-santa-barbara-wildfire.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:40:48 EST A bonfire built by a group of young adults caused a weekend wildfire in Santa Barbara that destroyed 210 homes, including multimillion dollar mansions, and injured more than two dozen people, authorities said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/177577-los-angeles-fire.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/residents-return-to-devastated-la-mobile-home-park.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/residents-return-to-devastated-la-mobile-home-park.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:08:18 EST President-elect Barack Obama is using the fundraising power of his campaign Web site to solicit donations and volunteers for wildfire relief efforts in Southern California. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/obama-solicits-donations-for-ca-wildfire-victims.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:18:53 EST The hillsides ringing the luxury development of Olinda Ranch are blackened, but the neatly tended stucco homes are intact. Fickle wind direction helped, but so did stringent fire-resistant construction and landscaping standards. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/tough-fire-standards-pay-off-in-calif-subdivision.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:08:53 EST Stacks of charred bricks, blackened shells of cars and burned tree trunks were all that remained Monday in much of the community some residents once called the "Beverly Hills of mobile home parks." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/176489-aptopix-wildfires.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/california-firefighters-make-gains-on-fires.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/california-firefighters-make-gains-on-fires.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:17:05 EST Hundreds of nails that once held together single-story, pastel-colored mobile homes now litter the gutters lining the curving streets. Pipes still spurt water, looking for faucets that aren't there anymore. Toolboxes lay unused and unharmed, surrounded by a world of repairs to make. Ceramic garden animals still smile in front yards, blackened with soot and surrounded by charred shrubs and trees. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/176336-california-wildfires.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081116/burned-out-mobile-home-residents-fear-for-future.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081116/burned-out-mobile-home-residents-fear-for-future.htm Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:13:15 EST The hillsides ringing the luxury development of Olinda Ranch are blackened, but the neatly tended stucco homes are intact. Fickle wind direction helped, but so did stringent fire-resistant construction and landscaping standards. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081116/tough-fire-standards-pay-off-in-calif-subdivision.htm Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:50:35 EST More residents of Southern California were urged to leave their homes Sunday despite calming winds that allowed a major aerial attack on wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and blanketed the region in smoke. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/176308-los-angeles-fire.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081116/hungry-la-fires-reduce-hundreds-of-homes-to-ash.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081116/hungry-la-fires-reduce-hundreds-of-homes-to-ash.htm Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:06:04 EST Fire officials in Southern California say a wildfire has broken out in Orange County and high wind is pushing flames toward a subdivision. Television footage shows at least three houses on fire in the area of Corona and Yorba Linda. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081115/new-calif-wildfire-breaks-out-in-orange-county.htm Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:58:04 EST Most of the 200 patients were asleep when Santa Ana winds that had swept down from the high desert circled the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in fire. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/175687-wildfires.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081115/wildfire-chases-patients-from-la-hospital.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081115/wildfire-chases-patients-from-la-hospital.htm Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:02:36 EST Fire Capt. Andrew Ruiz and his crew tried to save scores of mobile homes at Oakridge Mobile Home Park early Saturday morning. By daybreak, just one home was standing in the section of the park where they had fought their battle, now a landscape of wreckage and ashes. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/175835-wildfires.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081115/la-mobile-home-park-devastated-by-fast-moving-fire.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081115/la-mobile-home-park-devastated-by-fast-moving-fire.htm Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:32:11 EST Southern Californians endured a third day of destruction Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires torched hundreds of mobile homes and mansions, forced tens of thousands of people to flee and shut down major freeways. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/175881-wildfires.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081115/wind-cooperates-with-firefighters-in-calif-blaze.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081115/wind-cooperates-with-firefighters-in-calif-blaze.htm Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:20:19 EST Montecito is home to the rich and famous, but it's not flashy. It's exclusive, but not haughty. And it's far enough from the sprawl of Los Angeles for comfort--while still close enough for convenience. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/175233-wildfires.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/fire-comes-to-montecito-paradise-for-rich-famous.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/fire-comes-to-montecito-paradise-for-rich-famous.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:05:11 EST Rob Lowe says he and his children fled a wildfire raging in California with just minutes to spare. The 44-year-old actor said Friday in a telephone interview with local station KABC-TV that the entire mountain around his Montecito home was on fire and flames were shooting 200 feet in the air. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/175148-wildfires.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/rob-lowe-flames-were-shooting-200-feet.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/rob-lowe-flames-were-shooting-200-feet.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:26:55 EST A fire official says 111 homes have been confirmed destroyed in a celebrity-studded enclave of Northern California, and the burned area has expanded to 1,800 acres. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/174884-calif-wildfires.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/wildfire-destroys-homes-near-santa-barbara-calif.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/wildfire-destroys-homes-near-santa-barbara-calif.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:41:35 EST The San Diego utility blamed for starting some of last year's wildfires has suspended its wildfire prevention plan of shutting off power in the backcountry during extreme weather. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/sdg-e-halts-plan-to-cut-power-during-dry-weather.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:46:32 EDT Nearly 30 years ago, a piece of property along a twisting dirt road in the heart of the Manzano Mountains caught Paul Davis' eye. With a stream on one side and an expansive hill covered with towering pines on another, the spot seemed like the perfect place to build his family's home. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/158882-wildfires-shifting-gears.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/fire-charred-nm-mountains-fuel-policy-debate.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/fire-charred-nm-mountains-fuel-policy-debate.htm Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:18:08 EDT A wildfire burned 100 acres of brush and grass near the world-famous Getty art museum before it was doused early Thursday without causing any damage or injuries, fire officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/158569-wildfires.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/wildfire-near-las-getty-museum-contained.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/wildfire-near-las-getty-museum-contained.htm Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:11:25 EDT A wildfire burned 100 acres of brush and grass near the world-famous Getty art museum before it was doused early Thursday without causing any damage or injuries, fire officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/158468-wildfires.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/brush-fire-breaks-out-near-the-getty-center.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/brush-fire-breaks-out-near-the-getty-center.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:22:45 EDT