Dunvegan, Portree and Uig crews extinguished a wild fire that burnt 40 acres on Skye.

BBC: Wild fire land in north and isles covers '10 Hampdens'

More critically, these risks can spread like wild fire as we saw in collateralised debt obligations and credit default swaps markets.

FORBES: Dark Pools: The Menace Of Rising Opacity In Financial Markets

His reorganization of the state budget sought to eliminate the root of the shortfalls, not simply eliminate various state-funded programs that would have amounted to bringing a garden hose to a wild fire.

FORBES: This Is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's John Hancock Moment

This message is spreading like wild fire.

FORBES: Facebook wants to use my face for ads. Okay.

Tom Worrell(ph), a wild land fire analysts for the Forest Service, says there does seem to be a trend.

NPR: No End in Sight for Western Fire Season

Dr Hadwin points to a newspaper report in The Cambrian in December 1813 detailing how French officers were foremost in the rescue attempts after a wild-fire engulfed the town of Welshpool.

BBC: Dry stone wall 'built by Napoleon PoWs' is restored

Cal Fire Battalion Chief Julie Hutchinson said winds are the wild card in vanquishing the blaze, since they were picking up as the sun rose.

CNN: California wildfire consumes 8,000 acres in five hours

Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service (HIFRS) said the majority of wild fires in its area were now out.

BBC: Wild fire land in north and isles covers '10 Hampdens'

This month, President Musharraf came under fire for signing a peace deal with tribal elders who control the wild mountainous territory along the border with Afghanistan.

NPR: Musharraf Denies Pakistan Is Harboring Taliban

Traditional porchetta involves a whole pig that's been gutted and boned, stuffed with its own offal, seasoned with a heady mix of wild fennel, herbs and garlic, neatly trussed and then slowly spit-roasted over an open fire.

WSJ: The Pragmatist's Porchetta