Word: blazes
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...antigovernment demonstrators took to the streets. Teachers and state workers also went on strike in protest against government repression and the country's economic crisis. The march by some 10,000 people - from manual workers to professionals to grandmothers - was well-organized and peaceful. U.S. Wild Fires A blaze the size of Los Angeles burned out of control in the western state of Arizona. More than 30,000 people were evacuated in an area that President George W. Bush declared a disaster zone. Some 2,000 firefighters struggled to ensure it did not overwhelm the town of Show Low, home...
...Cyber Fire Police arrested two teenage boys for starting a fire that killed 24 people and injured 13 others at an unlicensed Internet café. One of the boys confessed that he had started the fire in revenge when staff refused to let him play computer games. After the blaze, authorities ordered all of Beijing's 2,400 Internet cafés - most of them illegal - to close while safety checks are performed. The closures have spread to other cities as well. Internet users accused the city government of using the fire as an excuse to crack down...
...interest. Or so many questions: Did veteran Forest Service worker Terry Barton set the Hayman wildfire by accident when her campfire surged out of control? Or did she do it on purpose, counting that her 18 years of experience specializing in fire prevention would allow her to control the blaze...
...grand jury prefers the latter explanation. Barton was indicted Wednesday on arson charges; Colorado authorities say she deliberately started a wildfire southwest of Denver on June 8th. The blaze, the largest in Colorado history, has ravaged 135,000 acres of parched land, destroying 25 houses and driving nearly 8,000 people from their homes...
...watching TV and the lights flickered, they came back and it was horrifying. I saw a mushroom cloud of fire. I went outside and saw a whole bunch of people running [toward the blaze],” said Allston resident Ajda Snyder...