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The Baltimore County Fire Department deployed crews to extinguish a two-acre brush fire in White Hall Thursday afternoon, the area's second brush fire in as many days.
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Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
These conditions are actively fueling a large brush fire in southeast Miami-Dade in Homestead and near Florida City that has caused traffic mayhem, intermittently shutting down the only routes into the Florida Keys for days.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
In North Carolina, a brush fire in the mountains was threatening Tryon and Saluda, small communities in the Blue Ridge Mountains about 40 miles south of Asheville.
—Amy Graff, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2025
Related Articles 2 brush fires at Aurora park, open space started within minutes, officials say
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—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 24 Mar. 2025
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Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
These conditions are actively fueling a large brush fire in southeast Miami-Dade in Homestead and near Florida City that has caused traffic mayhem, intermittently shutting down the only routes into the Florida Keys for days.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
In North Carolina, a brush fire in the mountains was threatening Tryon and Saluda, small communities in the Blue Ridge Mountains about 40 miles south of Asheville.
—Amy Graff, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2025
Related Articles 2 brush fires at Aurora park, open space started within minutes, officials say
Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 24 Mar. 2025
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