A fire late Friday night that destroyed the crematorium facility at Deschutes Memorial Chapel and Gardens was traced to a failed electrical panel, an fire investigator said Saturday.
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Officials said firefighters made great progress on all wildfires in Central Oregon Friday, including the two on the Sisters Ranger District near Lake Billy Chinook and a new fire on the south end of the Deschutes National Forest called Hole in the Ground.
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Officials have issued an emergency area closure for the Washington Ponds Fire on the Willamette National Forest, including the entire Mt. Washington Wilderness and Santiam Recreation Area. The lightning-sparked 26-acre Washington Ponds Fire is burning about two miles south of Big Lake and is 0% contained.
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Two Northern California wildfires have destroyed dozens of homes, left people unaccounted for or injured and prompted additional evacuations Thursday — all in less than 48 hours.
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A new burst of thunderstorms Monday afternoon brought towering clouds, rain, golf ball-sized hail and lightning that sparked nearly a dozen new blazes around the region and kicked up a fire north of Madras.
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Oily rags from a staining project sparked a fire Sunday evening that caused about $110,000 in damage and losses to a sports performance business in northeast Bend, fire investigators said Monday. The owner said it’ll take at least three months to reopen the business.
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There are still nearly 1,800 firefighters and support personnel battling the 413,762-acre Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon — and they made big progress over the weekend on securing lines, bringing the nation’s largest wildfire to 84% containment, officials said Monday.
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The long fight to contain the more than 413,00-acre Bootleg Fire in Southern Oregon has made major progress in better weather conditions, reaching 74% containment by Sunday, officials said.
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As expected, firefighters brought two larger wildfires north of Madras that burned over 2,000 acres close to full containment on Sunday.
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An electrical fire caused about $350,000 in damage and losses at a downtown Bend office building late Saturday night, but an official said the sprinkler system prevented more damage.
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A bit of welcome rain fell Saturday as crews made strong progress on two lightning-sparked fires north of Madras that have burned about 2,800 acres, while others to the east tackled a 140-acre blaze on Oregon Department of Forestry-protected land south of Fossil.
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A higher containment figure for the first time in days and another day of little fire growth shows progress on the nation’s largest wildfire, the 413,000-acre Bootleg Fire in Southern Oregon. But nearly 2,000 firefighters still have plenty of work to do, to shore up the lines and deal with critical fire weather conditions.
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Thunderstorms hit Central Oregon with numerous lightning strikes late Thursday afternoon and evening, sparking nearly 20 fires that crews rushed to contain, mostly at small size — one west of Bend thanks to a fortunate air tanker pass — as well as a northern Bend power outage affecting 12,500 Pacific Power customers for three hours.
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The fire cache (supplies) building at the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Klamath-Lake District compound in Klamath Falls was destroyed by a fire early Thursday morning.
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Fire officials expressed concern but not surprise over a quick pickup in fire activity on the 413,000-acre Bootleg Fire, just a day after welcome rain fell on parts of the nation’s largest wildfire.
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More than a half-inch of rain on some parts of the massive, 413,000-acre Bootleg Fire brought welcome relief for fire crews Tuesday, but the fire remains 53% contained and there’s weeks more of containment and mop-up to do, officials said in Wednesday’s update.
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Combustibles left on a stove sparked a kitchen fire Tuesday morning that caused an estimated $50,000 damage to a northeast Bend home, a fire official said.
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The battle is far from over, but firefighters have brought the more than 409,000-acre Bootleg Fire in Southern Oregon to more than 50% containment, officials said Monday.
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Claire Colbert, CNN Despite the efforts of firefighters battling the Bootleg Fire, the raging flames of the nation’s largest wildfire continued to spread in southern Oregon as officials declared weather warnings in the area. The fire has scorched 408,930 acres as of Sunday, an expansion of more than 6,000 acres since
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Out-of-state crews are heading to Montana to battle a blaze that injured five firefighters as the West struggles with a series of fires that have ravaged rural lands and destroyed homes.
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