11.   Police ordered frightened villagers Wednesday not to harm tigers, monkeys and other rare wildlife that have been forced into populated areas after fleeing raging forest fires.

12.   Two people have died from the effects of choking smoke from raging forest fires, a senior official has said.

13.   A raging forest fire advanced Friday on Catedral hill outside this tourist city and threatened a neighborhood and a ski resort at its base, officials said.

14.   Tourists were evacuated from the Cerro Catedral ski resort in southern Argentina on Saturday as flames from a raging forest fire reduced eight buildings to ashes.

15.   President Carlos Menem Sunday declared a state of emergency in the southern city of Bariloche and the surrounding area as a raging forest fire advanced through the Andean hills.