1.   The state is lining up extra firefighting muscle to keep forest blazes from getting out of control.

2.   Firefighters worked Thursday to extinguish a forest blaze that has burned hundreds of acres of cork oaks and forced the evacuation of residents from a town in southern Spain.

3.   Four firefighters killed while battling a forest blaze were due to be buried Thursday in this small southern Spanish town, authorities said.

4.   With the weather worsening and fatigue setting in, firefighters battled for a seventh straight day Saturday to keep a forest blaze away from upscale mountain homes.

5.   With the weather worsening and fatigue setting in, firefighters battled for a sixth straight day Saturday to keep a forest blaze away from upscale mountain homes.

6.   Li Zhitong, vice-director of the Forest Fire Prevention Office, said it was the most serious forest blaze in China since the beginning of the year.