Mile Marker 132 evacuees talk about fearful afternoon
NewsChannel 21’s Isabella Warren spoke live with two of the many people forced to leave their homes or help family members flee the fast-growing Mile…
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Mile Marker 132 Fire: Resident deploys sprinkler, helps crews stop fire’s advance near home
NewsChannel 21’s Dylan Anderman was live at the fight to stop the Mile Marker 132 Fire north of Bend, where a resident put out a sprinkler right…
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Special Report, Part 2: A family near Battle Mountain Complex creates a pit stop for fire crews
The Battle Mountain Complex is a coordinated effort to stop the Monkey Creek, Snake and Boneyard fires in Eastern Oregon, just one group of fires…
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Governor invokes Conflagration Act, four task forces sent to help fight 39,000-acre Telephone Fire in Harney County
SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon State Fire Marshal is mobilizing four structural task forces and its green incident management team to the Telephone Fire…
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BLM arrests Lane County suspect on arson charge, accused of setting fire to garbage he dumped day earlier
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bureau of Land Management law enforcement rangers recently caught an arsonist who ignited a small wildfire earlier this month,…
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Oregon Dept. of Forestry daily situation report: Still nearly 40 active large fires, more than 1.26 million acres burned
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is the Oregon Department of Forestry’s fire situation report for Wednesday, July 31st: ODF Incident Management Teams Team…
Continue ReadingDenver-area wildfire turns deadly as California’s Park Fire torches an area larger than Los Angeles
By Holly Yan and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — While California battles the fifth-largest wildfire in state history, a trio of wildfires near Denver…
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‘It’s almost vigilante justice:’ La Pine residents voice frustrations following post-Darlene 3 Fire community meeting
Organizers with the Newberry Regional Partnership met with a packed room of more than 100 La Pine community members Monday night to discuss possible…
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Crazy Creek Fire grows to about 28,000 acres, as visiting management team deals with more extreme fire behavior
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…
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Target shooter cited after Tannerite blast sparks 20-acre Millican Road fire, C.O.’s third recent wildfire caused by target shooting
(Update: All evacuation levels dropped around Jackpine, Wickiup fires) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A person who shot a pound of Tannerite explosive…
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Fire destroys several vehicles in backyard of SW Redmond home, spreads to attic before crews can stop it
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fire destroyed several vehicles in a southwest Redmond backyard and spread to a home’s attic Saturday afternoon, but…
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Crews battle wildfires across the US West and fight to hold containment lines
Associated Press FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires across the western United States and Canada put millions of people under air quality alerts…
Continue ReadingCalifornia town decimated by 2018 wildfire threatened again by state’s largest this year, as fires plague Oregon and Canada
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — As the Park Fire continues to rapidly grow and threaten thousands more acres of northern California, an evacuation…
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Oregon Dept. of Forestry reports over 1 million acres burned; good progress seen on several blazes
Several of Oregon’s largest recent wildfires are at or over 50% containment, thanks to the hard work of thousands of firefighters, while others…
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Oregon’s largest wildfire, the Durkee Fire, tops 288,000 acres, but crews have it 49% contained; state task forces depart
DURKEE, Ore. (KTVZ) – Eastern Oregon’s 11-day-old lightning-sparked Durkee Fire, largest in the state so far this challenging fire season, has…
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Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done?
Associated Press Decades of snuffing out fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change have laid the groundwork for a massive…
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Forest Service in NW to permit use of heavy equipment, fire retardant in some protected roadless, wilderness areas
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to the intense wildfire activity in the Pacific Northwest, Forest Service leaders in the region said Sunday they have…
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Pilot of single-engine air tanker killed in Malheur National Forest crash identified as lifelong pilot, 74
BURNS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Authorities on Sunday released the name of the single-engine air tanker pilot killed while helping fight an Eastern Oregon…
Continue Reading Wind-fanned brush fire held to 20 acres near George Millican Road southwest of Prineville
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…
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Firefighters helped by cooler weather battle blaze that has scorched area size of Los Angeles
Associated Press FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in Northern California received some help from the…
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