The Juniper Creek Fire west of Lake Billy Chinook is now 90% contained, officials said Wednesday as miles of fire hose were rolled up, firefighter numbers declined and management of the blaze was turned over to a local Type 4 team.
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Winds cleared out the dense smoke and allowed air operations to resume on the now over 13,000-acre Lookout Fire north of McKenzie Bridge on the Willamette National Forest, now 6%% contained, while the Bedrock Fire grew to over 31,000 acres, at 35% containment.
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On Aug. 24, 1933, the skies west of Portland were darkened by an enormous smoke column more than 40,000 feet high as a fire that had started in the headwaters of Gales Creek grew into what would become known as the Tillamook Burn.
Continue ReadingBy LISA BAUMANN Associated Press A second person has died in wildfires in eastern Washington state that ignited on Friday, burning hundreds of structures and closing a section of a major interstate for days, fire officials said. A body was found in the area burned by the Oregon fire north of Spokane on Sunday afternoon,
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HAMBURG, Calif. (AP) — Weekend lightning strikes ignited new wildfires near a complex of blazes that have been burning since last week through the Klamath National Forest near California’s border with Oregon, authorities said Monday. The lightning on Sunday accompanied heavy rain showers that caused mudslides that closed parts of State Route 96, but the
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of residents are rushing to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as more than 200 fires burn, leaving many to face dangerous road conditions or stand in line for hours for desperately needed emergency flights. Evacuations were also under way in British Columbia.
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ODOT closed a 15-mile stretch of Highway 242, the McKenzie Pass Highway, west of Sisters late Friday afternoon due to fire activity and conditions related to the fast-growing Lookout Fire that is sending thick smoke into Central Oregon, although the fire itself is still about 20 miles away
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Fast-moving wildfires raced through Washington state on Friday, burning some homes and prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people in small rural communities. One of the largest blazes, the so-called Gray Fire near Spokane in eastern Washington, began around noon and a few hours later had surged through 4.7 square miles
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Control lines held and there was no growth overnight on the 12-acre Fuzztail Fire that broke out five miles south of Bend Tuesday afternoon, while other crews built a line around the 4.4-acre Johnson Saddle Fire, reported later in the day seven miles northeast of Prineville.
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HAMBURG, Calif. (AP) — Rural areas near California’s border with Oregon were under evacuation orders Wednesday after gusty winds from a thunderstorm sent a lightning-sparked wildfire racing through national forest lands, authorities said. The blaze in Siskiyou County, dubbed the Head Fire, was one of at least 20 fires — most of them tiny —
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A small brush fire that threatened two structures in northwest Madras Monday afternoon was stopped by firefighters and apparently was started by a blown fuse on a power pole, officials said.
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A brush fire that blackened three acres in northeast Redmond Sunday afternoon had a most unusual cause, as it turns out: a remote-controlled airplane that crashed and ignited nearby grass, officials said.
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Crook County firefighters, assisted by state and federal agencies, stopped a small brush fire in southwest Prineville Friday afternoon that threatened several buildings, including homes, and was traced to a burn barrel too close to combustibles.
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Bend Fire & Rescue crews quickly responded and stopped a fast-moving brushfire that damaged a shed and fences and threatened several homes along Dean Swift Road in northeast Bend late Saturday afternoon, helped by homeowners with garden hoses, officials said.
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A 2-day-old wildfire burning six miles east of Sweet Home on the Willamette National Forest has grown to 165 acres and prompted the Linn County Sheriff’s Office to issue Level 2 “Be Ready” evacuation notices for area residents.
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Initial attack fire crews were called out Sunday afternoon to tackle a new wildfire burning in very steep terrain about five miles east of Oakridge on the Willamette National Forest.
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The Priceboro fire that broke out Friday afternoon near Harrisburg, about eight miles northeast of Eugene, has been more precisely mapped at about 310 acres, as crews bring it to 45% containment.
Continue ReadingSCAPPOOSE, Ore. (KTVZ) – Three people and a pet were killed in a house fire in Scappoose early Sunday morning, fire officials said. The Scappoose Fire District responded around 3:30 a.m. to the house fire in the 26000 block of NW St. Helens Road, finding the residence three-quarters involved in the blaze, officials said. Scappoose
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The Golden Fire that broke out on July 22 about 9 miles north of Bonanza in Klamath County and destroyed nearly 50 homes reached full containment Saturday evening. The fire burned 2,137 acres and its cause remains under investigation, officials said Sunday.
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AGNESS, Ore. (KTVZ) — More than 840 firefighters have brought the 3-week-old, 33,246-acre Flat Fire in southwest Oregon to 30% containment, making good progress on mop-up and aerial ignitions of unburned pockets of fuel, officials said Sunday.
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