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LILLOOET — The British Columbia Wildfire Service says its crews are responding to a 30-hectare wildfire billowing smoke over Highway 99 north of Lillooet.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Crews are building fire lines and using industrial sprinklers to protect a central Labrador town from wildfires, though a thunderstorm temporarily halted a fleet of water bombers on Monday.

Millions of Americans sweated through yet another scorching day as temperatures soared Sunday across the U.S.

Hot, dry weather is forecast this week for a Northwest Territories community where a wildfire forced hundreds to evacuate earlier this month. NWT Fire officials say that's likely to mean more aggressive fire activity around Fort Good Hope.

Wildfires burning near Port-Cartier, Que.

RUIDOSO, N.M.

VIENNA (AP) — Rescuers in Switzerland have found the body of one of three people a day after they were swept away in a rockslide that hit their Alpine village following massive thunderstorms and rainfall, authorities said Sunday.

RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — Federal authorities offered a reward for information about those responsible for igniting a pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes in the past week.

CHURCHILL FALLS, N.L. — A wildfire that’s forced the evacuation of a central Labrador town continued to hold relatively steady as of Sunday.