Homeowner’s weed burner sparks SW Bend brush fire
Firefighters extinguished a small brush fire in the front yard of a southwest Bend home Thursday afternoon that officials said was caused by a…
Continue ReadingFirefighters extinguished a small brush fire in the front yard of a southwest Bend home Thursday afternoon that officials said was caused by a…
Continue ReadingSaturday’s intense thunderstorms also hit the region with hundreds of lightning strikes, some of which sparked new, small wildfires tackled by…
Continue ReadingWhile Central Oregon crews tackled several small lightning-sparked fires on Friday, a larger lightning-caused blaze had burned about 120 acres in a…
Continue ReadingAnnual campfire restrictions will go into effect on Monday, June 1 on portions of the Deschutes, John Day, White and Crooked rivers, as well as on…
Continue ReadingUnder the right — make that wrong — conditions, that bottle of hand sanitizer sitting in your car just might catch fire.…
Continue ReadingThe FBI has joined the investigation into a house fire late Sunday night that seriously injured two Warm Springs men, a police investigator said…
Continue ReadingWildfire season is fast approaching, and now the crews that respond to fires will have to follow new social distancing protocols amid the COVID-19…
Continue ReadingAn intense fire early Thursday morning destroyed a home in the rural Cascade Meadow Ranch subdivision northwest of Sisters, officials…
Continue ReadingWith wildfire season approaching and low fuel moisture levels, Bend Fire & Rescue on Wednesday closed outdoor debris burning for the season in rural…
Continue ReadingWith much of federal and state lands closed in response to the coronavirus, the Bull Springs Skyline Forest tree farm northwest of Bend has gone from…
Continue ReadingA human-caused wildfire burned more than 900 acres on the John Day River in north-central Oregon, but crews expected to have it contained Thursday…
Continue ReadingAn escaped cooking fire at a homeless camp fire north of St. Charles Bend burned less than a quarter-acre of brush Wednesday morning, thanks to…
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University’s new Forestry & Natural Resources Extension Fire Program will host a series of three…
Continue ReadingWith Wildfire Awareness Month kicking off this Friday, and after 16-human-caused blazes in the past two weeks, wildland firefighting officials in…
Continue ReadingFour people were killed in a fire that destroyed a manufactured home fire early Tuesday morning in the Linn County community of Sweet Home,…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – May is Wildfire Awareness Month. Keep Oregon Green, in partnership with federal, state and local fire agencies and…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal’s Bigfoot: Believe in Fire Safety campaign is returning for the 2020 wildfire season, asking Oregonians to…
Continue ReadingA fire that apparently began in the area of a bathroom ceiling fan heavily damaged a home in a Madras mobile home park early Friday morning, but…
Continue ReadingA Georgia man faces arson and other charges, accused of trying to ignite propane canisters outside two northeast Bend businesses early Thursday…
Continue ReadingA family of five and their pets escaped unhurt, but a fire officials say was caused by improper disposal of smoking materials caused $60,000 damage…
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