Wildfires in the West. (Top News of 2002: June).It was a fire season for the record books. Hundreds of homes were destroyed and entire communities evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. . U.S. military troops were called in to help battle the blazes. By the end of June, wildfires had consumed toughly 2 million acres of land in the West. By year's end, another 5 million acres would go up in flames In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. Along with Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates, they pioneered what is now known as melodic death metal. . In most cases, drought and heat caused the fires--in other instances, a careless careless adj., adv. 1) negligent. 2) the opposite of careful. A careless act can result in liability for damages to others. (See: negligent, negligence, care) camper or a bolt bolt Mechanical fastener, usually used with a nut, for connecting two or more parts. Bolted joints can be readily disassembled and reassembled; hence bolts or screw fasteners are used more than other types of mechanical fastener. of lightning was to blame. But in early June, a U.S. Forest Service employee started a small fire that quickly grew out of control. The fire swallowed more than 135,000 acres at a rate of about a foot per second. |
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