SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – May is Wildfire Awareness Month. Oregon experiences its heaviest wildfire activity during the summer months, but fires occur all seasons of the year, including spring. Keep Oregon Green, in partnership with federal, state, tribal and local fire agencies, will be spreading the word about the steps we all can take to prevent the start
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The Lookout Mountain Ranger District’s nearly 900-acre prescribed burn planned for Tuesday 15 miles northeast of Prineville, adjacent to Forest Service Road 27, has been cancelled due to precipitation over the prescribed burn area, officials said Monday.
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Several reports of a fire behind warehouses and businesses in northeast Bend Sunday night brought firefighters to the scene, and they stopped the blaze, which destroyed a homeless camp behind one building before it could spread inside, an official said.
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A fire destroyed several sheds and outbuildings in Prineville Wednesday afternoon, but Crook County Fire and Rescue crews were able to control the blaze before it reached a nearby triplex, an official said.
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A fire that destroyed a La Pine detached garage-shop Monday afternoon spread to a nearby home, as well as several vehicles, trees and brush before crews were able to stop its spread. Three dogs perished in the house fire, while one escaped unhurt, officials said.
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GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s historic Timberline Lodge, which featured in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film “The Shining,” will reopen to guests Sunday after a fire that prompted evacuations but caused only minimal damage. The lodge said Saturday in a Facebook post that it will support guests while repairs are being done, as well as
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A three-alarm fire broke out Thursday night in the attic of the historic Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood, prompting its evacuation, and firefighters had it out by early Friday morning.
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A large shop went up in flames early Wednesday near Fryrear Road east of Sisters, with ammunition and pressurized cylinders exploding and firefighters in a defensive operation. Losses are estimated at $250,000.
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A fire early Sunday morning destroyed a shop/storage building on Rickard Road east of Bend and spread to the exterior of a nearby home, causing $200,000 damage and losses and leaving the home unlivable, a Bend Fire & Rescue official said.
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Sisters Ranger District firefighters on Wednesday were conducting up to 104 acres of prescribed burning two miles west of Sisters and north of Highway 242, directly west of the Tollgate community and north of the Crossroads community.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A man was arrested on a misdemeanor reckless burning charge after a tent fire in northeast Bend Friday morning. It prompted a brief closure of the BNSF Railway tracks so Bend Fire crews could cross the tracks with their hose. The fire was reported around 9:15 a.m. near the northbound Bend
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Central Oregon is about to enter the spring prescribed burn season, which means we need to be mindful of the smoke.
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Two Bend men who went out drinking together and got into a fight early Thursday were both later arrested on DUII charges, police said – and one also is accused of arson for burning the other’s trailer down at Scandia Village RV Park, as well as stealing his dog.
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An attic fire extensively damaged a southwest Madras home early Thursday morning, but all of the residents and pets escaped the home safely, officials said. Jefferson County Fire & EMS crews responded around 2:50 a.m. to the reported house fire in the 800 block of SW First Street, Deputy Chief of
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fire that caused an estimated $100,000 damage to a northeast Bend home Tuesday afternoon was caused by the resident burning weeds with a propane torch, officials said – the Bend area’s second such structure fire cause this week. The fire was reported around 3 p.m. in the 2700 block of
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Prescribed burn season is starting up again on the High Desert. The Deschutes National Forest is planning more than ever before, up to 11,000 acres. “Prescribed burning is a critical tool that the forest uses,” Jaimie Olle, the forest’s public affairs specialist, said Tuesday. “We live in a fire-dependent ecosystem that
Continue Reading BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest announced Monday that its firefighters plan to start spring prescribed burning season in mid-April, as conditions become favorable, and offered details of those plans. The forest said in a news release that it may accomplish up to an estimated 11,000 acres of prescribed burning, including up to
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A fire that destroyed a barn in Tumalo Saturday evening was caused by the residents burning weeds with a propane torch earlier in the day, authorities said.
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(Update: Adding photo, burn takes place) PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) -— Firefighters from the Ochoco National Forest ignited piles of woody debris at Skull Hollow Campground on the Crooked River National Grassland on Tuesday, officials said. The piles of woody debris are leftover brush, limbs and small diameter juniper that were removed in the construction of
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An Alfalfa man called Deschutes County 911 Tuesday evening to report he’d set his own house on fire, and first responders soon found he’d also blocked his own driveway to keep them from putting it out, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. He was arrested on arson and other charges.
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