Wildfire burns 40 square miles in central Neb.
Firefighters battled a wind-swept wildfire that has burned more than 40-square miles in central Nebraska, as unusually dry, warm weather and gusty conditions Wednesday threatened to hamper efforts to halt the spread of the blaze.
MOORPARK, Calif. A 27-square-mile Southern California wildfire is 75% contained as the withering Santa Ana winds that had fanned it faded away.