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| | USATODAY.com - Firefighters fight 60 wildfires in west (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | STANLEY, Idaho (AP) Federal officials on Friday were tracking 60 large, active fires that were burning more than 1 million acres, or more than 1,500 square miles, across the West. |
 | | The states in the region with the most number of fires included Idaho, Nevada, and Montana, according to the website of the Boise-based National Interagency Fire Center, composed of various federal agencies that coordinate to battle wildfires. |
 | | Joe Ribar, head of the National Area Command Team in Elko, said crews had "turned the corner" overnight on a 144,237-acre, or 225 square mile, fire in northern Nevada, bringing it to 60% containment. |
| www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2006-09-09-wildfires-west_x.htm (465 words) |
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