Nearly 300 Oregon firefighters help fight 2 N. Calif. blazes
(Update: Details of Oregon strike teams’ deployments) Fifteen strike teams comprised of members of the Oregon fire service arrived in…
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‘Crushed:’ Stillman Fire destroys Crook County couple’s home, claims two pets, but they reunite with two more
Sparks flying from the tire rims of a Prineville woman driving by on state Highway 126 allegedly ignited the 10-acre Stillman Fire last Friday. Two…
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Red Fire in Diamond Peak Wilderness grows to 350 acres; Level 1 notice out for Crescent, Odell lakes and Crescent Junction
The 4-day-old, lightning-sparked Red Fire west of Crescent Lake in the Diamond Peak Wilderness has grown to 350 acres, and Klamath County emergency…
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Resident moving into new SW Bend apartment accidentally triggers stove fire, uses extinguisher to put it out
Someone moving into a newly built sixth-floor apartment in southwest Bend put items on a glass stove top and accidentally turned on a burner Friday,…
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Flat Fire in SW Oregon at more than 31,000 acres, crews reach 28% containment
The nearly 3-week-old Flat Fire on southwest Oregon’s Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest has grown to more than 31,000 acres, but the over 1,100…
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Cedar Creek Fire holds at 127,000 acres, now 68% contained as 3-month mark approaches
The nearly 3-month-old lightning-sparked Cedar Creek Fire near Waldo Lake and east of Oakridge has reached 68% containment as the number of personnel…
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17,000 acres of burnouts along west containment line push Cedar Creek Fire past 112K acres
Firefighters’ conducting firing (burnout) operations along the primary west-side containment line in recent days have pushed the Cedar Creek Fire’s…
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Cedar Creek Fire grows by nearly 1,000 acres; evacuation levels lowered, burnouts boost smoke
OAKRIDGE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Firefighters are conducting burnouts to rob the 93,427-acre Cedar Creek Fire of fuel to advance, though that also has…
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Cedar Creek Fire still active, not growing now; containment still 0%; new 120-acre fire lined NE of Paulina
The Cedar Creek Fire did not grow in size Wednesday, but it is still actively burning and drawing a still-growing firefighting force of over 2,150…
Continue ReadingSmoke from the Mosquito Fire begins creating unhealthy to hazardous conditions in Northern California
KCRA By Amir Vera and Nouran Salahieh, CNN A wall of smoke from the Mosquito Fire in the Sierra Nevada mountains is creating hazardous conditions in…
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Crews stop growth of Fly Creek Fire, still 25% contained; evacuation alert drops to Level 1 (‘Be Ready’)
Firefighters made strong progress Monday on stopping a rash of new wildfires across Central Oregon in the wake of weekend storms and lightning,…
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Wildfires in West explode in size amid hot, windy conditions
By JULIE WATSON and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Wildfires in California and Montana exploded in size overnight amid windy, hot…
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NE Bend house fire sparked by overloaded extension cord, investigators say
A fire that damaged a northeast Bend home late Tuesday afternoon was started by a failed extension cord that apparently became overloaded, officials…
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Passing train sparks fire in northern Bend on hot, windy afternoon, prompting reminder to property owners
A wet spring followed by hot summer temperatures can make a fire like one that broke out Monday afternoon near the BNSF Railway tracks in northern…
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C.O. firefighters put out 7 campfires over Memorial Day weekend, more human-caused fires since
On the first day of June, still a few weeks away from official summer — and firefighters are already hard at work on the High Desert.…
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Fire causes $120,000 damage to NW Bend condominium unit; other residents evacuate
A fire traced to a failure in a heating-cooling unit caused $120,000 damage to a condominium unit in northwest Bend Saturday afternoon, prompting…
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Fire in garage destroys duplex near Eagle Crest, parked SUV; damage estimated at $750,000
A fire that apparently began in the garage destroyed a duplex townhome near Eagle Crest Resort and spread to two parked vehicles Sunday morning but…
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Police: 4 dead in Sweet Home fire were shot or stabbed
Four people found dead Tuesday in a Sweet Home residence destroyed by fire were either shot or stabbed before it was intentionally set ablaze, police…
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