Evacuations lifted as weather aids fight against fire near Southern California mountain townOctober 6th, 2009 Fire evacuations lifted for Calif. mountain townWRIGHTWOOD, Calif.
Wind pushes wildfire near Arizona town out of control, authorities order home evacuationsOctober 3rd, 2009 Fire near Arizona town growing, homes evacuatedWILLIAMS, Ariz. — Authorities say a fire that began as a controlled burn but was whipped out of control by gusty winds has prompted home evacuations in a small northern Arizona city surrounded by forest.
Wildfire forces evacuations on Vandenberg air base in Calif.; flames move toward homesSeptember 30th, 2009 Wildfire forces evacuations on California baseVANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A 300-acre wildfire prompted evacuations Wednesday at Vandenberg Air Force and was moving through dry brush in the direction of homes, authorities said.
New fire erupts in Southern California, threatens several homes, prompts evacuationsSeptember 1st, 2009 New fire in Southern California threatens homesYUCAIPA, Calif. — A small fire has erupted in San Bernardino County in Southern California, threatening six homes and burning about five miles from a 1,000-acre fire.
Firefighters end evacuations as they make progress against multiple California wildfiresAugust 19th, 2009 Firefighters make progress against Calif wildfiresSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's three major wildfires are now at least 50 percent contained, and most evacuation orders have been lifted.
KBR to provide engineering services for proposed Angolan refineryAugust 19th, 2009 KBR to provide services for Angolan refineryHOUSTON — KBR said Wednesday it has been hired to provide engineering services for a proposed refinery in Lobito, Angola. KBR, an international construction and engineering firm, didn't say how much it would earn from the contract with Angola's state-owned oil and gas company, Sonangol, E.P.
Some evacuations lifted as firefighters make progress on wildfire in Northern CaliforniaAugust 18th, 2009 Some evacuations lifted in California wildfireMARYSVILLE, Calif. — Authorities are lifting some evacuations near a wildfire in Northern California's Sierra Nevada foothills as firefighters make progress against the flames.
Firefighters work to contain California blazesAugust 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Firefighters Monday had largely contained a wildfire near Santa Barbara, California and were working to contain another near Santa Cruz. The 35,000 hectare blaze in the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Barbara was 75 percent contained Monday.
Firefighters battle California forest firesAugust 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO - More than 2,000 firefighters continued to battle a fire in the Santa Cruz mountains south of San Francisco Sunday. Firefighters had managed to carve containment lines around about half of the blaze burning about 100 kilometres south of the city, the San Francisco Chronicle reported online.
Evacuations ordered in Northern Calif. wildfire, 1 of several started by lightningAugust 11th, 2009 Evacuations ordered in Northern Calif. wildfireBURNEY, Calif.
Authorities: Fire at Michigan fuel storage facility that prompted evacuations is 'mostly out'August 5th, 2009 Official: Fire at Mich. fuel facility 'mostly out'VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich.
Dozens of Northern California wildfires force evacuations, injuries reportedAugust 3rd, 2009 Lightning-sparked fires force Calif. evacuationsSAN FRANCISCO — Dozens of residents remained evacuated Monday after a weekend lightning storm sparked multiple wildfires around Northern California.
Sunoco to close ethylene complex in Delaware after explosion and fire in MayJuly 7th, 2009 Sunoco to close ethylene complex in DelawareCLAYMONT, Del. — Sunoco says it will close the ethylene complex at the Marcus Hook Refinery, weeks after it was shut down because of an explosion and fire.
Worker injured, houses rattled, 800K in damages in refinery blast south of Los AngelesApril 23rd, 2009 Worker injured houses rattled in blast near LAPARAMOUNT, Calif. — An explosion at a Los Angeles-area oil refinery rattled nearby houses and caused hundreds of thousands in damage, but left just one worker with minor injuries and required no evacuations at the plant or the surrounding neighborhood, authorities said Thursday.
Bongaigaon Refinery to merge with Indian OilMarch 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government has approved a proposal for merging Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals into its parent company, the state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC). In a regulatory statement Wednesday, IOC said Bongaigaon Refinery stands dissolved and the merger becomes effective March 25 following the filing of the amalgamation order with the Registrar of Companies (ROCs) in Shillong and Mumbai.
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