Fire Alert Archives

Deschutes National Forest outlines plans for fall prescribed burns, to begin as soon as next week

September 26, 2023 3:24 pm KTVZ News Sources

Deschutes National Forest firefighters plan to implement understory prescribed burn operations across all three ranger districts this fall,…

The threat of wildfires is rising. So are new artificial intelligence solutions to fight them

September 24, 2023 12:07 am Associated Press

Wildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, killing many people, exhausting firefighters…

New fire burns 3,000 acres on Klamath Marsh Wildlife Refuge, Fremont-Winema Forest; most growth stopped

September 25, 2023 2:13 pm Barney Lerten

Cooler weather and rain is helping reduce fire behavior on several large, weeks-old blazes around Oregon, but new blazes continue to emerge,…

DCSO drops all Petes Lake Fire evacuation levels amid rain, cooldown; C. Oregon’s smoke from the south also relents

September 23, 2023 2:13 pm KTVZ News Sources

Autumn rainfall and cooler temperatures have reduced fire behavior, prompting the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Monday to drop all evacuation…

Bedrock Fire’s Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team finds most areas had low soil burn severity

September 23, 2023 11:08 pm KTVZ News Team

An Emergency Response Team of resource specialists who began field surveys and an assessment of the Bedrock Fire burned areas earlier this month…

Public use fire restrictions dropped on C.O. public lands; ODF’s C.O. District drops to ‘moderate’ fire danger

September 22, 2023 1:30 pm KTVZ News Sources

With increasingly cooler weather and various levels of precipitation across Central Oregon, the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests, Crooked River…

Cooler weather on Petes Lake Fire prompts DCSO to reduce Elk, Lava lakes evacuation notice to Level 1 (Be Ready)

September 22, 2023 11:27 am KTVZ News Sources

Due to moderating weather conditions leading to decreased Petes Lake Fire activity, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Friday it is lowering…

Fall’s cool arrival brings resumption of prescribed burning by BLM’s Prineville District; 3,565 acres in coming months

September 21, 2023 5:24 pm KTVZ News Sources

As fall weather brings shorter days and cooler temperatures, the BLM is preparing for fall and winter prescribed burning. Fuels specialists may begin…

Cooldown, rain assist firefighters still working to contain blazes on Willamette National Forest

September 20, 2023 1:24 pm KTVZ News Sources

This week’s cooler temperatures and forecast rain in places are welcome signs for the more than 900 firefighters still working to fully contain…

Day-old Trout Creek Fire 10 miles NE of Madras 25% contained after racing across 1,550 acres

September 17, 2023 8:01 pm KTVZ News Sources

Firefighters on Monday reached 25% containment of the day-old Trout Creek Fire that raced across 1,550 acres of private ranchland about 10 miles…

Petes Lake Fire grows to over 3,000 acres, DCSO issues Level 2 ‘Be Set’ evacuation notice for Elk, Lava Lakes

September 12, 2023 4:48 pm KTVZ News Sources

The Petes Lake Fire in the Three Sisters Wilderness that more than quadrupled in size in a day to over 2,000 acres Friday saw more growth Saturday…

Firefighters hold Lookout, other fire containment lines during weekend hot spell but will welcome cooldown’s assist

September 16, 2023 11:46 am KTVZ News Sources

The Lookout Fire on the Willamette National Forest put up much more smoke again this weekend due to the hot, windy conditions, but containment lines…

ODF: Target shooting apparently sparked 106-acre fire that prompted evacuations near Lake Billy Chinook

September 15, 2023 10:28 am KTVZ News Sources

Preliminary findings in the investigation of the August 20 Juniper Creek Fire that prompted Level 3 evacuations west of Lake Billy Chinook indicate…

‘It will never look like that again’: Firefighters reflect, 20 years since the B&B, Central Oregon’s largest wildfire

September 13, 2023 11:52 am Isabella Warren

– It’s now been 20 years since the B&B Complex Fire — two big fires that merged into a giant one — exploded in the Deschutes National Forest…

McKenzie Pass Highway reopens west of Sisters as Lookout Fire evacuation levels are reduced

September 1, 2023 1:28 pm KTVZ News Sources

ODOT reopened Oregon Highway 242, the McKenzie Highway, Tuesday morning following reductions in Lookout Fire evacuation levels. A 15-mile stretch…

Cascade Lakes Highway reopens with pilot car escort after closure for work on shaded fuel break

September 1, 2023 12:47 pm KTVZ News Sources

The Cascade Lakes Highway reopened Saturday with a pilot car escort between Elk and Lava lakes after a closure for several days so crews on the Petes…