Firefighters stop small SE Bend blaze, say likely caused by camper living in area
A brush fire near a southeast Bend neighborhood was quickly stopped late Friday morning, but officials say it had potential to be catastrophic.
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Wind-driven Bootleg Fire near Sprague River grows to nearly 39,000 acres; evacuations in place
The wind- and heat-fanned Bootleg Fire continues to grow rapidly, to nearly 39,000 acres as of Friday morning, burning on the Fremont-Winema National Forest and private lands north of the towns of Sprague River and Beatty.
Continue ReadingBootleg Fire grows to nearly 39,000 acres; Level 3 evacuations near Sprague River, Beatty
The Bootleg Fire had exploded to to nearly 39,000 acres by Friday morning on the Fremont-Winema National Forest, about 11 miles northeast of the town of Sprague River, after its growth prompted some Level 3 (GO NOW) evacuations Thursday.
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Deadly Portland fire caused by fireworks, officials say
Officials say fireworks caused a deadly blaze July 4 at an apartment complex in Northeast Portland.
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Evacuations called due to 1,500-acre fire east of Roseburg; new 3,000-acre fire on Fremont-Winema Forest
Authorities issued mandatory evacuations Tuesday due to a 1,500-acre wildfire east of Roseburg, while a new fire on the Fremont-Winema National Forest quickly grew to 3,000 acres.
Continue Reading 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 reported.
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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 Oregon Badlands. Crews also responded to two new starts Saturday morning, one east of Madras and a fire near Skyliner Road on the Deschutes National Forest.
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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 possibly, the threat of potential wildfires.
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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 constructing and securing containment lines on at least eight active wildfires burning across Central Oregon.
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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 Wasco County.
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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 Central Oregon, several that broke out after Wednesday night’s thunder and lightning.
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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 front of her home — what turned out to be a mattress on fire.
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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 was cited for reckless burning, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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 spotty rainfall, sparking two-dozen or more new wildfires, several of larger size being tackled by crews, officials said.
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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 weather warning, as crews rushed to stop a new fire that began on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation and raced east, jumping the Deschutes River and growing to 1,500 acres.
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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 officials.
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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 quickly spread to the nearby wildland, prompting an evacuation order for the area and closure of O’Neil Highway for a time, officials said.
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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 responsible for setting a fire on the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation on the evening of Monday, June 21.
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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, forcing evacuations, but officials said Fires 419 and 422 were 100% contained. Meanwhile, federal officials authorized use of federal funds to help pay for firefighting costs.
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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 evening. The fire near Dufur was estimated to be 10,000 acres as of Wednesday morning and Level 3 evacuation orders were issued for parts of the city.
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