US - Hundreds flee new rash of Oklahoma wildfires / Karachi blasts kill 4; dozens hurt

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Hundreds flee new rash

of Oklahoma wildfires

Authorities hope rain in

forecast will help douse flames

Thursday,

March 2, 2006; Posted: 12:29 a.m. EST (05:29 GMT)

 

(CNN) -- A new outbreak of

grassland wildfires sprang up and spread across the prairies of southern Oklahoma on Wednesday, destroying numerous homes and

forcing more than 500 people to evacuate, authorities said.

Two firefighters were caught in the fires and suffered

burns, including one who is in critical condition at a burn center in an Oklahoma City hospital, authorities said.

Duncan Fire Department spokesman Sam Darst said one

suspected arsonist was in custody and that a second person was being sought in

connection with the fires.

The fires were compounded by winds over 30 mph and

temperatures in the 90-degree range. The blazes are spreading across some of

the same parts of the state that was hit by fires that charred thousands of

acres in December.

" Most of Stephens County, the south end, is burning, " a sheriff's dispatcher said.

In Duncan, about 80 miles southwest of Oklahoma City, six homes were

ablaze Wednesday night. Asked how many

had been destroyed, Darst said " too many to count. "

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/01/oklahoma.fires/index.html

 

Karachi blasts kill

4; dozens hurt

U.S.

diplomat among dead, U.S. President Bush says

From CNN's Syed Mohsin Naqvi

Thursday,

March 2, 2006; Posted: 2:27 a.m. EST (07:27 GMT)

 

(CNN) -- A pair of explosions

ripped through a parking lot Thursday morning behind the Marriott hotel in

Karachi and adjacent to the U.S. Consulate, killing at least four people and

wounding about four dozen others, Pakistani officials and police said.

" There was a first blast, then after 5, 10 minutes

there was ... a second one, " Pakistani Information Minister Sheikh Rashid

Ahmad told CNN.

The bombing comes just days before U.S. President George

Bush is to arrive in Pakistan. Bush is currently in India, and he is to arrive in Pakistan on Saturday. (Full

story)

Bush said one U.S. citizen -- a foreign service officer -- was among those killed

from the bombings.

Police said at least one of the explosions was the result of

a car bomb and that an investigation has been launched to find out who was

behind the attacks.

The first blast went off around 9:15 a.m. (0415 GMT), killing

four people and injuring 47 more.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/karachi.blast/index.html

 

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