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Life has gotten easier for California firefighters, but they're not hanging up their hoses yet.

Cooler weather has allowed fire crews to corral most of the wildfires across California, but a handful of stubborn, hard-to-reach mountain blazes Saturday were still keeping residents from their homes.

An injured black bear cub is recovering after being rescued by a firefighter. The cub nicknamed "Li'l Smokey" by his rescuer was found Thursday in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest west of Redding.

Fire officials urged residents of about two dozen homes in the southern Emerald Hills area of Lockwood to evacuate because of a wildfire burning there.

A firefighter, who has been out on disability for months, has been ordered back to work.

Fire crews on Friday had extinguished all but 38 of the more than 2,000 blazes ignited over the past month, allowing most mandatory evacuations to be lifted so residents could return home for the weekend.

The Associated Press 8 comments One of the nation's largest mobile cranes collapsed at a Houston oil refinery Friday, killing four workers and injuring seven others in the latest of several fatal accidents that ...

Firefighters in Lexington, Kentucky are battling a two-alarm blaze in the city's downtown area and the mayor has ordered an evacuation of nearby city ...

Firefighters found the bodies of four people early Friday in a burning home that had no working smoke detectors, officials said.

A photographer for WISH-TV and a freelance photographer were struck by gunfire early this morning while at the scene of a Near-Eastside blaze, police say.

A semi-trailer truck wreck on Interstate 84 blamed on a Columbia Gorge wildfire resulted in the death of a Michigan man and the attempted looting of a spilled load of Nike shoes.

BIG SUR, Calif. - As wildfire whipped toward a remote sanctuary of the endangered California condor last month, the rare birds got their biggest test in survival after years of pampering by biologists: They had ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Firefighters in Lexington are battling a two-alarm blaze in the city's downtown area and the mayor has ordered an evacuation of nearby city blocks.

A South Los Angeles market was destroyed in a fire today, but no one was injured, authorities said.

Arson investigators said a wildfire that destroyed more than 80 homes in and around the California town of Paradise last month was intentionally set.

Despite gusty winds and warm temperatures the past few days, fire crews continued to gain ground today on several blazes burning in Eastern Washington.

Arson investigators say a wildfire that destroyed more than 80 homes in and around the town of Paradise last month was intentionally set.

Cooler weather, increased humidity, less wind and aggressive tactics have helped firefighters begin to get a handle on the fast-spreading Cold Springs fire near Mount Adams in Washington.

London, Would you let him save your cat? The 'fat' fireman sacked for being overweight Scottish firefighters have agreed to ballot for strike action after a colleague was sacked over claims he was overweight.

ABOVE: Firefighters pour water on a smoldering barn fire at a farm at 12532 Notestine Road on Tuesday.