NE Portland apartments fire claims two lives, injures four others
Two people died and four were were injured early Sunday morning when fire burned through two apartment buildings in Northeast Portland, KGW…
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Update: Rattlesnake Fire 65% contained, new Grant County wildfire burns 570 acres
Firefighters remained busy Friday, tackling seven new fires, the largest of which was Incident 494, a five-acre fire off of Highway 20 near the…
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Intense heat wave adds to challenges for C.O. ranchers, working to protect animals
Record-breaking high temperatures in Central Oregon are forcing ranchers to shift into high gear to protect their animals from the heat — and quite…
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Fire crews head into hot holiday weekend battling several blazes across Central Oregon
While many Oregonians were preparing to hit the road or relax over a long holiday weekend on Friday, hundreds of firefighters were spending the day…
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Gov. Brown invokes Conflagration Act for wildfire near The Dalles
For the second time in a week, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act in order to get resources to a new fire burning in…
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Firefighters report good progress on several new wildfires around the High Desert
Hundreds of firefighters were challenged by hot and dry conditions Thursday but were able to make good progress on the numerous fires burning in…
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‘A real shock’: Burning mattress left in driveway of SW Bend couple’s home
A southwest Bend woman was at work early Thursday when a security app on her phone alerted her to a frightening scene — a fire in the driveway in…
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Camper in woods west of Sisters injured trying to put out escaped cooking fire, cited
A man camping on Forest Service land west of Sisters was injured Thursday as he tried to put out an escaped cooking fire, then ran to get help and…
Continue Reading Stormy aftermath: Lightning strikes ignite several new wildfires around Central Oregon
Thunderstorms that moved through Central Oregon Wednesday evening and early Thursday blanketed the landscape with hundreds of lightning strikes and…
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Thunderstorms flash across High Desert; new Rattlesnake Fire grows to 1,500 acres east of Warm Springs
A new round of thunderstorms flashed through the High Desert Wednesday evening with dramatic skies and lightning peppering the region amid a fire…
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Gov. Brown declares state of emergency amid extreme wildfire danger in C. Oregon
Gov. Kate Brown has declared a state of emergency due to the imminent threat of wildfires across Oregon, a danger underscored by Central Oregon fire…
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Prineville-area couple lose home to fire that sparked evacuations, O’Neil Hwy. closure
Two residents escaped unharmed, but lost everything when a fire destroyed their home on Northwest Deer Lane west of Prineville Tuesday afternoon and…
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FBI offers $5,000 reward for info to find suspects in Warm Springs arson fire
The FBI said Wednesday it is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of those…
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SE Redmond wildfires burned 90 acres, now fully contained; FEMA to help with firefighting costs
Task-force firefighters were still busy putting out hot spots Wednesday on two blazes that burned about 90 acres Tuesday in southeast Redmond,…
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Wrentham Market wildfire near Dufur grows to 10,000 acres; governor invokes Conflagration Act
Gov. Kate Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act on Wednesday in response to the Wrentham Market Fire that broke out in Wasco County Tuesday…
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SE Redmond wildfire update: Evacuation area, levels reduced, Redmond Airport, Hwy. 126 reopen
A fast-spreading brushfire broke out early Tuesday afternoon in southeast Redmond and may have sparked a second, larger fire, both putting up thick…
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Fast-spreading wildfire near Weed shuts Highway 97 at Oregon-California border
A fast-growing wildfire near the town of Weed, California prompted evacuations Monday and the closure of U.S. Highway 97 at the Oregon-California…
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New wildfire burns 1,000 acres in Sherman County; S-503 Fire nears full containment
A new wildfire Sunday afternoon burned about 1,000 acres of grass, juniper and sagebrush south of Grass Valley in Sherman County, but firefighters…
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Fire burns abandoned structures on Warm Springs Reservation
Two abandoned structures burned Sunday afternoon on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, quickly spreading to the surrounding brush before fire crews…
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More progress made on week-old wildfires, but new blazes pop up as heat wave hits
Firefighters on Saturday reported more progress on week-old wildfires on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation and in Klamath County, but new, small…
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