Fire Alert Archives

Industrial fire precaution level to rise on C.O. public lands next week

July 23, 2020 4:10 pm KTVZ news sources

Hot, dry weather have prompted the Forest Service, BLM to increase the Industrial Fire Precaution Level from II to III for C.O. public lands next…

Lake County wildfire grows to 1,200-1,500 acres

July 22, 2020 3:45 pm KTVZ news sources

The one-day-old Ben Young Fire south of Paisley has grown to an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 acres as crews from several agencies tackle the…

Bigfoot grabs bigger role in state fire marshal’s wildfire prevention campaign

July 21, 2020 10:11 pm KTVZ news sources

The Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal’s Bigfoot: Believe in Fire Safety campaign, asking Oregonians to protect their communities by preventing…

New Lake County wildfire races across 700-plus acres SW of Paisley

July 21, 2020 8:01 pm Barney Lerten

A new wildfire raced across more than 700 acres of private and Forest Service lands in Lake County on Tuesday, bringing several crews, air tankers…

NW Redmond-area brush fire prompts brief evacuations

July 21, 2020 5:32 pm KTVZ News Team

An apparently human-caused brush fire burned along the rimrock of three northwest Redmond properties Tuesday afternoon, prompting brief evacuations…

Bend Fire joins area agencies’ move to ‘extreme’ fire danger level

July 21, 2020 1:05 pm KTVZ news sources

In alignment with the U.S. Forest Service and Oregon Department of Forestry, Bend Fire & Rescue said it has updated the fire danger level to EXTREME…

C.O. fire danger rises to ‘extreme;’ Rosland Road Fire reaches 60% containment

July 20, 2020 8:09 pm KTVZ news sources

Firefighters continued to make good progress Monday and brought the Rosland Road Fire near La Pine to 60% containment as more hot, dry weather pushed…

Truck sets trees and brush ablaze

July 20, 2020 8:01 pm KTVZ News Team

The fire started on BLM land near…

Crews fight new wildfire in SW Oregon logging slash; 35 acres burned

July 20, 2020 5:57 pm KTVZ news sources

A new wildfire that broke out Monday in southern Oregon’s Douglas County has burned about 35 acres amid an air and ground attack, the Oregon…

Wildfire stopped fast, burns 60-plus acres east of Ashland

July 20, 2020 10:01 am KTVZ news sources

Firefighters quickly got a line around a wildfire that broke out Sunday afternoon about 10 miles east of…

Hard work pays off: Nearly 400-acre Rosland Road Fire near La Pine 30% contained

July 18, 2020 3:25 pm Barney Lerten

A wildfire that broke out Saturday afternoon just east of La Pine on the Deschutes National Forest has been fully lined at 393 acres, and a Level 1…

Tree falls, snaps power line, sparks brush fire near Sisters

July 17, 2020 3:13 pm KTVZ news sources

SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A tree fell across power lines, and a downed line sparked a quarter-acre brush fire east of Sisters on Friday morning,…

Bystander helps crews stop brush fire NW of Redmond at a quarter-acre

July 16, 2020 10:32 pm KTVZ news sources

A bystander helped fire crews put out a quarter-acre brush fire that broke out northwest of Redmond Thursday afternoon, officials…

New wildfire burns 50 acres above Upper Klamath Lake

July 16, 2020 3:52 pm KTVZ news sources

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KTVZ) — A wildfire burning in rugged terrain on Spence Mountain above Upper Klamath Lake grew to about 50 acres Thursday,…

Crews contain 12-acre wildfire on Ochoco National Forest

July 14, 2020 3:07 pm KTVZ news sources

Firefighters assisted by a helicopter and bulldozer Tuesday stopped and contained a day-old wildfire on the Ochoco National Forest that burned about…

Smoker cited after brush fire breaks out by Bend Parkway, near Trader Joe’s

July 13, 2020 3:59 pm KTVZ news sources

A small brush fire Monday afternoon put up a plume of black smoke south of Trader Joe’s on Bend’s north end, closing the southbound Bend Parkway…

60-acre wildfire breaks out NW of Madras, closes Hwy. 26 for hours

July 11, 2020 4:21 pm Barney Lerten

A new wildfire broke out near U.S. Highway 26 northwest of Madras Saturday afternoon, burning about 60 acres closing a 40-mile stretch of the highway…