The Willow Fire has grown to 4,403 acres, burning on Prineville District BLM and private land in southeast Crook County, officials said Friday. Despite zero containment and a new BLM closure order, progress led county officials to reduce Level 3 GO NOW and Level 2 GET SET evacuation alerts to Level 1 GET READY.
Continue Reading (Update: Adding video, comments from ODF) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– We’re just a week into July, and already this fire season has been busy. In just 10 days, hundreds of wildland firefighters have been deployed across the state following intense lightning and dry conditions. Officials with the Oregon Department of Forestry say that, so far this season,
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(Update: Adding video, details, comments) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – As wildfire season intensifies, many Central Oregonians are turning to the Watch Duty smartphone app or website to stay informed. Since its launch in 2021, the app has become a widely used source for fire information around the region. Watch Duty co-founder Dave Merritt told KTVZ
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BONANZA, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon State Fire Marshal is mobilizing several structural task forces and its Red Incident Management Team to the Elk Fire burning about eight miles north of Bonanza in southern Klamath County. The fire was reported Tuesday morning, quickly grew to about 2,000 acres, and is threatening homes and critical infrastructure.
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Firefighters working through the night secured a perimeter of the UDC Fire that burned close to 1,000 acres and prompted Level 2 and 1 evacuation alerts on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon State Fire Marshal is mobilizing two structural task forces from Benton and Lane counties to the Rogue Valley in Southern Oregon through Immediate Response. The agency said it is surging capacity as local structural and wildland firefighters have been busy responding to wildfires on Tuesday. The request for additional aid
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PAULINA, Ore. – The Bureau of Land Management has temporarily closed several public lands in Crook County due to an active wildfire. The closure is intended to protect public safety, assist emergency responders and safeguard natural resources. The closure takes effect immediately and includes the following areas: South Fork Wilderness Study Area Lands north of
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A fully involved house fire quickly began spreading to other properties and the nearby Deschutes National Forest Monday evening, prompting a task force call-up and Level 2 BE SET evacuation alert in the area. Crews reported good progress on stopping the fire’s spread within about 90 minutes.
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One of several new fires quickly grew to about 450 acres in eastern Crook County on Monday, while another east of Mount Bachelor burned about three acres before it was stopped, as crews prepared for potential abundant lightning from a new round of storms on Tuesday.
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La PINE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bureau of Land Management announced Monday the mobilization of a National Fire Prevention and Education Team to address human-caused fires in the La Pine Basin. The NFPET team is composed of fire prevention specialists from the BLM and U.S. Forest Service. The team’s initiatives will focus on enhancing wildfire
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Numerous firefighters on the ground and in the air stopped the spread of a new grass fire that burned about 500 acres southeast of Madras near the Jefferson-Crook county line on Wednesday, prompting evacuations and alerts that later were reduced or dropped.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Lightning from one of several thunderstorms rumbling through Central Oregon Tuesday apparently sparked a brush fire that burned about 10 acres in northeast Redmond before crews stopped it. The fire was reported around 5 p.m. south of NE Upas Avenue and 37th Street, Redmond Fire and Rescue said. Watch Duty said
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Four teens were cited late Monday for using legal fireworks that sparked a one-acre brush fire in Redmond’s Dry Canyon Park and prompted Level 3 GO NOW evacuation of 21 nearby homes, Fire Marshal Tom Mooney said.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Alder Springs Fire is now 68% contained with LEVEL 1 evacuation notices in place. Below is the latest from Central Oregon Fire.Yesterday, wildland firefighters continued to mop up and secure fire lines around the Alder Springs Fire burning on lands managed by the US Forest Service and BLM and
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CROOKED RIVER RANCH, Ore. (KTVZ) — One of the key reasons firefighters were able to stop the spread of the fast-moving Alder Springs Fire this week was a fuels reduction project done in the area five years ago, officials said Thursday. Here’s what they had to share on the fire’s Facebook page: The Prineville BLM
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According to Central Oregon Fire Management, crews made substantial progress Wednesday on the more than 3,200-acre Alder Springs Fire near Crooked River Ranch, creating a 50-foot perimeter around the blaze.
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CROOKED RIVER RANCH, Ore. (KTVZ) — Firefighters have a relatively new and increasingly useful tool – drones – to use in various ways to help fight wildfires like the Alder Springs Fire. On Thursday, Alder Springs crews were using drones to search for hot spots in the fire perimeter, officials said in a Facebook posting.
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TERREBONNE, Ore. [KTVZ] — Wildfires continue to challenge communities in central Oregon as the Alder Springs Fire approached Crooked River Ranch on June 16th. Residents who were forced from their homes during Level 3 – Go Now evacuations, had so much on their minds like: Is their home destroyed Will their home be
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Emergency Management has activated the State Emergency Coordination Center to Level 3 – Regional Response as of 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, in response to increasing wildfire activity across the state. Several active wildfires — including the Rowena Fire in Wasco County, the Alder Springs Fire in Jefferson County and the Ferry Fire
Continue Reading Officials said Tuesday was a day of good progress on the lines of the day-old Alder Springs Fire, newly mapped at over 3,400 acres.
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