The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office shared this video of a “super scooper” plane drawing water out of Lake Billy Chinook to dump on the Juniper…
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Jefferson County firefighters, joined by several other departments from around the region, rushed to stop and put out a string of three brush fires…
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The National Weather Service in Pendleton issued a new red flag warning for much of the region for dry and unstable conditions bringing high fire…
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LAKECREEK, Ore. (KTVZ) – A new fire in southwest Oregon grew to an estimated 1,500 acres by Sunday night, but Oregon Department of Forestry…
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Redmond firefighters’ busy Fourth of July continued early Thursday evening, when a Ring doorbell camera caught a motorist pulling over and firing…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Temperatures spiking into the 100s? Check. Rapidly drying grasslands and forests? Check. Possible humidity of less than 20…
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Crews from three fire departments were sent to stop an unattended, escaped debris burn in Terrebonne that had Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies…
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A week ago, the Darlene 3 wildfire broke out on public lands near the community of La Pine. “Fortunately, decades of land treatments performed by the…
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A week after the fast-growing Darlene 3 Fire forced hundreds of La Pine-area residents to evacuate their homes, the blaze held by crews at just under…
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LA PINE, Ore. (KTVZ)– As the Darlene 3 Fire reportedly reaches 100% containment, all of those affected by the fire are able to return home. But for…
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Due to increasingly hot and dry conditions, as well as increased fire starts, the Deschutes National Forest, Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River…
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Firefighters on the 4-day-old Darlene 3 Fire southeast of La Pine have the blaze fully lined and 50% contained, officials said Saturday. The reduced…
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In the weeks and months before the threat posed by the Darlene 3 Fire, residents in La Pine were noticing another increase in home insurance, as…
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The La Pine community has come together in many ways large and small to assist evacuees from the Darlene 3 Fire this week – and not just the…
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Darlene 3 Fire…
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“Significant resources” responded Wednesday to a new lightning-sparked wildfire, the Little Valley Fire near Harper in Eastern Oregon, which quickly…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A bird met its unfortunate demise in an encounter with a Central Electric Co-Op transformer east of Bend on Tuesday morning,…
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A brush fire that Redmond firefighters stopped at about an acre just east of the city Tuesday evening prompted Pacific Power to enact an emergency,…
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NewsChannel 21’s Demetrious Gamble talked to residents in the area of Tuesday’s Darlene 3 Fire near La Pine, including an evacuee and others worried…
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act for the Darlene 3 Fire burning Tuesday near La Pine,…
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