PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Firefighters from the Ochoco National Forest and the Prineville Interagency Hotshot Crew are planning a prescribed burn near Grizzly Mountain on the Crooked River National Grassland on Thursday. The 271-acre unit was site of a training burn for the Central Oregon Wildfire School in the spring of 2023, following multiple seasons
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A fire began on an outside wall of a southeast Bend home and quickly spread to a home next door Sunday afternoon, causing substantial damage to both and destroying a natural gas meter, a fire official said. The cause was determined to be fire pit coals dumped in a plastic recycling bin.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Housing and Community Services will launch the intake phase of the Homeowner Assistance and Reconstruction Program for survivors of the 2020 Labor Day wildfires and straight-line winds on Monday, March 25. Phase 1 of HARP will help low- and moderate-income homeowners who still need assistance to repair, rebuild or replace their homes. Beginning on
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Several U.S. Highway 97 motorists north of Bend called to report a fire Tuesday evening that destroyed a motor home in the homeless camp area known as “Dirt World” north of Bend, and killed three dogs. Bend Fire & Rescue determined the fire was accidental, due to a propane leak.
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A wind-fanned, human-caused fire early Sunday morning heavily damaged a vacant, nearly 90-year-old downtown Bend building owned by Deschutes County, authorities said.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Forestry deployed a strike team to Amarillo, Texas on Friday to assist in their wildfire suppression efforts. The strike team is equipped with five engines and a strike team leader, with a total of 16 firefighters traveling down to the state. The firefighters are going to
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – An apartment patio fire in southwest Bend Saturday night was put out and stopped from spreading inside by a single activated fire sprinkler, officials said.
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A fire early Thursday morning destroyed a large, unoccupied home undergoing a major remodel north of Sisters, and losses are estimated at $2.5 million. The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the blaze.
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There have been 15 fires in Bend-area homeless camps since the start of the year, the most recent destroying a motor home Saturday morning north of Juniper Ridge, officials confirmed Tuesday. The Redmond area, meanwhile, has had six such blazes.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A frying pan left on a stove sparked a kitchen fire at a home in Deschutes River Woods on Sunday evening, but the resident and his dogs evacuated safely and Bend Fire crews quickly knocked down the blaze. Bend Fire & Rescue responded to a home on Creek Circle shortly before
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A chimney fire spread to the roof of a home northeast of Sisters Sunday morning, causing more than $20,000 damage, but the residents evacuated safely before firefighters arrived and stopped its spread.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – An unoccupied travel trailer went up in flames Thursday morning in the Juniper Ridge area north of Bend but was quickly extinguished by Bend Fire & Rescue crews, an official said. The fire department and Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies responded around 8 a.m. to several reports of smoke coming from the
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched early Saturday morning to a tent fire that was spreading at a homeless camp off China Hat Road south of Bend, dug a line around it and knocked down the blaze. Deputies were sent around 1 a.m. to the reported tent fire at a camp off
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CULVER, Ore. (KTVZ) – Jefferson County firefighters used their 105-foot aerial ladder Tuesday afternoon to reach a fire in equipment at the Bright Wood Corp. plant in Culver and confine it to the area of origin. Investigators soon determined a dust accumulation caused a device to catch fire. Jefferson County Fire and EMS personnel were
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A fire destroyed an unoccupied manufactured home on the south end of Deschutes River Woods early Sunday morning, but Bend Fire & Rescue crews kept it from spreading to nearby homes after a neighbor initially tackled the blaze from their side of the fence.
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fire destroyed a tent and belongings in a homeless camp area in Madras Thursday afternoon, but Jefferson County Fire & EMS crews kept it from spreading to other tents and items, officials said. Firefighters were dispatched around 2:30 p.m. to a reported wildland fire with a propane tank going off
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon jury awarded $85 million Tuesday to nine victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020, the latest verdict in a series of legal proceedings that are expected to put the utility PacifiCorp on the hook for billions of dollars over its liability for the deadly blazes. “We are
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A fire destroyed a shop building northwest of Redmond early Sunday morning, causing an estimated $100,000 in losses, but crews were able to keep it from spreading to a nearby propane tank, despite icy roads delaying their arrival. Redmond Fire & Rescue responded around 3:30 a.m. to the report of a
Continue Reading MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A fire early Friday morning caused about $5,000 damage to a Madras manufactured home but no injuries, according to Jefferson County Fire & EMS, whose crews quickly put out the blaze. The fire was reported around 1:20 a.m. at a home in the Green Spot Mobile Home Park on Highway 97,
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Sisters Ranger District firefighters resumed ignition of landing piles Wednesday a mile southwest of Sisters along Edgington Road, the Deschutes National Forest reported. Smoke may be visible from Sisters and the surrounding area. Residents are encouraged to keep doors and windows closed to help decrease smoke impacts. Firefighters select pile burning
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