Brush fire south of Sunriver stopped fast, serves as reminder of dangers
Amid high winds and smoky skies, a brush fire reported late Monday afternoon in a neighborhood south of Sunriver prompted a brief consideration of…
Continue ReadingAmid high winds and smoky skies, a brush fire reported late Monday afternoon in a neighborhood south of Sunriver prompted a brief consideration of…
Continue ReadingOregon’s Department of Environmental Quality has issued another air quality advisory through Tuesday afternoon for Central Oregon, the Portland area,…
Continue ReadingAs many Central Oregonians spent the Labor Day holiday relaxing, hundreds of firefighters kept on working hard to contain or keep several wildfires…
Continue ReadingThe 3-week-old Lionshead Fire has grown to nearly 19,000 acres over the Labor Day weekend, prompting closure of the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness and…
Continue ReadingDue to the extreme predicted fire weather and red flag warnings in Sisters Country over the next few days, the Sisters-Camp Sherman and Cloverdale…
Continue ReadingThe Lionshead Fire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation grew to nearly 19,000 acres by Monday, prompting closure of most of the Mount Jefferson…
Continue ReadingThe Lionshead Fire grew to nearly 15,000 acres Saturday as it kept spreading west, prompting Level 2 and 1 pre-evacuation alerts in the Camp Sherman…
Continue ReadingThe Lionshead Fire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation grew to nearly 10,000 acres amid hot, windy weather on Thursday, with more challenging…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory Friday for Central Oregon, south-central Oregon, the Rogue Valley and…
Continue ReadingA motor home caught fire and sparked a blaze that spread to one-car detached garage and several small outbuildings along Tumalo Road west of Highway…
Continue ReadingTwo of Central Oregon’s largest lightning-sparked wildfires, the Green Ridge Fire northeast of Camp Sherman and the Frog Fire southeast of…
Continue ReadingAfter a summer that brought big crowds and a sharp rise in human-caused wildfires, Deschutes and Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National…
Continue ReadingA 44-year-old Mapleton man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on a first-degree arson charge in a string of fires that merged and prompted evacuations…
Continue ReadingA detached garage on Tumalo Road was destroyed by a fire Tuesday afternoon that sent up a black smoke plume and spread to adjacent trees and brush…
Continue ReadingFirefighters continue to make steady progress on the Green Ridge Fire northeast of Camp Sherman, which was 85% contained by Tuesday, morning.…
Continue ReadingThe more than 2-week-old Green Ridge Fire burning northeast of Camp Sherman is now 75% contained, officials said…
Continue ReadingFirefighters were continuing their fight Monday to slow the spread of a 400-acre wildfire on private forestland about a mile southeast of Mapleton in…
Continue ReadingThree wildfires broke out near Mapleton in the Coast Range on Sunday, soon merging and prompting evacuations of nearby residents, while other crews…
Continue ReadingTwo weeks after lightning sparked a flurry of wildfires around the High Desert, hundreds of firefighters reported more significant progress Sunday on…
Continue ReadingHeat and winds continue to challenge crews battling the Lionshead Fire, which has burned more than 5,800 acres on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation…
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