US Forest Services urges self-policing of campgrounds to help catch, prevent wildfires
Just a few weeks into summer, Central Oregon has already seen a more aggressive fire season than in some past years. The U.S. Forest Service is…
Continue ReadingJust a few weeks into summer, Central Oregon has already seen a more aggressive fire season than in some past years. The U.S. Forest Service is…
Continue ReadingSouthwest Bend residents used, water, extinguishers and rakes to tackle a small brushfire off Brookswood Boulevard Sunday morning before police and…
Continue ReadingA fire burned intensely near Meadow Lakes Golf Course Saturday night, damaging a home, outbuilding and power pole, at a time when the city’s Fourth…
Continue ReadingA wind-fanned brush fire off Highway 20 east of Bend late Sunday afternoon, stopped at about two acres by firefighters from several agencies, was…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon firefighters spent much of the holiday checking on and putting out abandoned campfires or other small blazes, while one to the north…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials have updated the 2020 prohibitions regarding the use of fire-causing materials on…
Continue ReadingA new wildfire broke out late Wednesday afternoon near Bessie Butte, south of Bend, and drew a quick attack in blustery winds, Central Oregon fire…
Continue ReadingPRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon District will enter Regulated-Use Closure beginning at 12:01 a.m.…
Continue ReadingA wildfire that broke out Sunday afternoon near the Columbia River Gorge town of Rowena prompted a Level 1 pre-evacuation notice and closed a highway…
Continue ReadingA driver who swerved to avoid a deer crossing U.S. Highway 97 in southern Bend crashed and sparked a brushfire Sunday morning that closed the highway…
Continue ReadingA brush fire broke out east of Highway 97 just north of Bend on Friday afternoon, closing the highway for a time until crews could get a handle on…
Continue ReadingFirefighters made good progress and reached 60% containment Wednesday of a day-old, 1,000-acre fire on private land about 10 miles east of Madras,…
Continue ReadingThe Fourth of July is less than two weeks away, and stands opened up on the High Desert Tuesday for customers to buy fireworks.…
Continue ReadingA motor home was destroyed by a fire just east of Redmond Monday morning, one of several RVs that have burned in recent months on public lands…
Continue ReadingThe Office of State Fire Marshal, the Oregon Fire Service, natural resource agencies, Oregon licensed fireworks wholesalers and safety experts are…
Continue ReadingResidents used fire extinguishers to tackle a patio fire at a northeast Bend apartment complex Sunday night that spread from a barbecue, officials…
Continue ReadingA northwest Bend restaurant’s bagged, laundered kitchen rags still had enough oil on them to spontaneously combust and spark a fire early Thursday…
Continue ReadingA La Pine towing company worker who kept going back into the burning business to look for a missing cat early Saturday morning interfered with…
Continue ReadingPacifiCorp has agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle federal allegations related to a 2018 Southern Oregon wildfire that officials claim was caused by…
Continue ReadingA man was arrested Saturday evening on reckless burning and other charges after a fire destroyed a vacant mobile home in Prineville, also damaging…
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