21.  The Forest Service, he said, will probably have to borrow against its trust fund to pay for the costly firefighting efforts of the summer.

22.  The fire burned deeper into the Ventana Wilderness, where steep, inaccessible terrain and the lack of roads hampered firefighting efforts.

23.  The Southwest will remain hot and dry, hampering firefighting efforts.

24.  Ventura Mayor Jack Tingstrom credited a change in the weather, a city weed abatement program and firefighting efforts for stopping the fire from ravaging any homes.

25.  Police said they would not forcibly remove remaining homeowners unless they impeded firefighting efforts.

26.  Poor visibility from thick smoke during the day has hampered firefighting efforts by making it difficult for helicopters to dump water on hot spots.

27.  Aggravating firefighting efforts were afternoon winds, low humidity and tinder-dry conditions from a three-year drought that shows no signs of easing.

28.  Although such wildfires can have nasty effects, the firefighting effort is a boon to the local economy.

29.  Alves said the fire in Aquidauana was almost under control but another unrelated blaze in the south of the state was dividing firefighting efforts.

30.  APTV has coverage of the firefighting efforts and talks to environmentalists who fear the fires may be uncontainable.