Fire Alert Archives

Deschutes County seeks state grant for ‘ladder fuels’ treatment to curb fire danger amid Juniper Ridge homeless campsites

July 31, 2024 3:53 pm Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A lot of time, money and attention has been spent for years on helping homeowners and communities create “defensible space”…

Willamette National Forest increases fire restrictions, prohibits all fires

July 31, 2024 3:13 pm KTVZ news sources

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KTVZ) — With hot, dry temperatures and the possibility of lightning in the forecast, the Willamette National Forest will increase…

Wildfire safety tips from the experts

July 31, 2024 9:03 am CNN Newsource

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Walls of bright orange flames. Harrowing escapes. The charred shells of what’s left behind. It’s hard not to…

Hundreds of homes are evacuated due to wildfire near Denver as California’s Park Fire torches an area larger than Los Angeles.

Denver-area wildfire turns deadly as California’s Park Fire torches an area larger than Los Angeles

July 31, 2024 7:13 am CNN Newsource

By Holly Yan and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — While California battles the fifth-largest wildfire in state history, a trio of wildfires near Denver…

Former Bend mayor, city councilor Jodie Barram plays new public role, getting wildfire info out

July 30, 2024 10:58 pm KTVZ News Team

Former Bend city councilor and mayor Jodie Barram plays a different public role these days, as a public information officer for NW Team 6, helping…

‘It’s almost vigilante justice:’ La Pine residents voice frustrations following post-Darlene 3 Fire community meeting

July 30, 2024 10:18 am Isabella Warren

Organizers with the Newberry Regional Partnership met with a packed room of more than 100 La Pine community members Monday night to discuss possible…

Crazy Creek Fire grows to about 28,000 acres, as visiting management team deals with more extreme fire behavior

July 28, 2024 2:23 pm KTVZ news sources

Some new out-of-state help has arrived to help lead the fight against two fires burning in the Ochoco National Forest. The Crazy Creek fire north of…

Target shooter cited after Tannerite blast sparks 20-acre Millican Road fire, C.O.’s third recent wildfire caused by target shooting

July 30, 2024 11:20 am Barney Lerten

(Update: All evacuation levels dropped around Jackpine, Wickiup fires) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A person who shot a pound of Tannerite explosive…

Governor Kotek orders public flags to half-staff in memory of single-engine air tanker pilot James Maxwell

July 30, 2024 3:33 pm Barney Lerten

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek on Tuesday ordered flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff between sunrise on…

The Park Fire burns along Highway 32 near Forest Ranch

A historic mining community is decimated as the Park Fire and other massive wildfires rage in the Western United States

July 28, 2024 11:39 pm CNN Newsource

By Zoe Sottile, Susannah Cullinane and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Wildfires are raging out of control in the Western United States and Canada –…

‘All hands on deck’: Oregon Dept. of Forestry calls in Oregon National Guard crews, helicopters to help battle wildfires

July 29, 2024 11:19 am KTVZ news sources

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Forestry said Monday it has ordered four hand crews through the Oregon National Guard, the latest step…

Crews battle wildfires across the US West and fight to hold containment lines

July 28, 2024 10:11 am Associated Press

Associated Press FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires across the western United States and Canada put millions of people under air quality alerts…

A burned visitor information sign from the Durkee Fire is pictured amid charred hillside near Huntington

California town decimated by 2018 wildfire threatened again by state’s largest this year, as fires plague Oregon and Canada

July 27, 2024 9:28 pm CNN Newsource

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — As the Park Fire continues to rapidly grow and threaten thousands more acres of northern California, an evacuation…

Oregon Dept. of Forestry reports over 1 million acres burned; good progress seen on several blazes

July 25, 2024 4:38 pm KTVZ news sources

Several of Oregon’s largest recent wildfires are at or over 50% containment, thanks to the hard work of thousands of firefighters, while others…

Oregon’s largest wildfire, the Durkee Fire, tops 288,000 acres, but crews have it 49% contained; state task forces depart

July 28, 2024 1:37 pm KTVZ news sources

DURKEE, Ore. (KTVZ) – Eastern Oregon’s 11-day-old lightning-sparked Durkee Fire, largest in the state so far this challenging fire season, has…

Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done?

July 27, 2024 4:19 pm Associated Press

Associated Press Decades of snuffing out fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change have laid the groundwork for a massive…

Forest Service in NW to permit use of heavy equipment, fire retardant in some protected roadless, wilderness areas

July 28, 2024 11:31 am KTVZ news sources

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to the intense wildfire activity in the Pacific Northwest, Forest Service leaders in the region said Sunday they have…

Pilot of single-engine air tanker killed in Malheur National Forest crash identified as lifelong pilot, 74

July 28, 2024 10:12 am Barney Lerten

BURNS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Authorities on Sunday released the name of the single-engine air tanker pilot killed while helping fight an Eastern Oregon…

Wind-fanned brush fire held to 20 acres near George Millican Road southwest of Prineville

July 27, 2024 4:41 pm Barney Lerten

Ground and air crews were called out Saturday afternoon to tackle a new brush fire reported east of George Millican Road and about six miles…

Firefighters helped by cooler weather battle blaze that has scorched area size of Los Angeles

July 26, 2024 9:16 pm Associated Press

Associated Press FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in Northern California received some help from the…