La Pine brush fire stopped at half-acre
Crews from several agencies stopped a brush fire that burned about a half-acre off Dorrance Meadows Road in La Pine Thursday afternoon.
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Passer-by grabs hose, stops shed fire NW of Prineville
A passer-by spotted a fire northwest of Prineville on Thursday and stopped to notify the property owner, also grabbing a garden hose to put out the blaze, which damaged a small storage shed, officials said.
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Neighbor awakens, helps Bend family escape burning mobile home
A next-door neighbor awakened and helped a family of three escape their burning mobile home on Bend’s north end early Thursday morning, officials said, noting that it was not equipped with working smoke alarms.
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Lake County wildfire grows to 1,200-1,500 acres
The one-day-old Ben Young Fire south of Paisley has grown to an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 acres as crews from several agencies tackle the blaze.
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New Lake County wildfire races across 700-plus acres SW of Paisley
A new wildfire raced across more than 700 acres of private and Forest Service lands in Lake County on Tuesday, bringing several crews, air tankers and helicopters to the area, officials said.
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Hwy. 20 reopened after semi fire east of Sisters
A reported semi-truck fire closed U.S. Highway 20 east of Sisters Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
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NW Redmond-area brush fire prompts brief evacuations
An apparently human-caused brush fire burned along the rimrock of three northwest Redmond properties Tuesday afternoon, prompting brief evacuations until crews were able to put it out.
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Bend Fire joins area agencies’ move to ‘extreme’ fire danger level
In alignment with the U.S. Forest Service and Oregon Department of Forestry, Bend Fire & Rescue said it has updated the fire danger level to EXTREME Tuesday.
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C.O. fire danger rises to ‘extreme;’ Rosland Road Fire reaches 60% containment
Firefighters continued to make good progress Monday and brought the Rosland Road Fire near La Pine to 60% containment as more hot, dry weather pushed the region’s fire danger to “extreme” levels.
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Crews fight new wildfire in SW Oregon logging slash; 35 acres burned
A new wildfire that broke out Monday in southern Oregon’s Douglas County has burned about 35 acres amid an air and ground attack, the Oregon Department of Forestry reported.
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Wildfire stopped fast, burns 60-plus acres east of Ashland
Firefighters quickly got a line around a wildfire that broke out Sunday afternoon about 10 miles east of Ashland.
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Hard work pays off: Nearly 400-acre Rosland Road Fire near La Pine 30% contained
A wildfire that broke out Saturday afternoon just east of La Pine on the Deschutes National Forest has been fully lined at 393 acres, and a Level 1 pre-evacuation notice for the nearby Newberry Estates neighborhood has been lifted, officials said Sunday.
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Tree falls, snaps power line, sparks brush fire near Sisters
SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A tree fell across power lines, and a downed line sparked a quarter-acre brush fire east of Sisters on Friday morning, officials said. Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District crews who responded around 8:30 a.m. to the reported fire on Riata Court found a power line arcing on the ground, Fire Chief Roger
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Bystander helps crews stop brush fire NW of Redmond at a quarter-acre
A bystander helped fire crews put out a quarter-acre brush fire that broke out northwest of Redmond Thursday afternoon, officials said.
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New wildfire burns 50 acres above Upper Klamath Lake
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KTVZ) — A wildfire burning in rugged terrain on Spence Mountain above Upper Klamath Lake grew to about 50 acres Thursday, officials said. The Spence Fire was reported Wednesday, about 15 miles northwest of Klamath Falls, and was fanned by gusty winds, according to the South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership. Due
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Crews contain 12-acre wildfire on Ochoco National Forest
Firefighters assisted by a helicopter and bulldozer Tuesday stopped and contained a day-old wildfire on the Ochoco National Forest that burned about a dozen acres.
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Smoker cited after brush fire breaks out by Bend Parkway, near Trader Joe’s
A small brush fire Monday afternoon put up a plume of black smoke south of Trader Joe’s on Bend’s north end, closing the southbound Bend Parkway for a time. Officials said it was caused by a transient smoking in the area.
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60-acre wildfire breaks out NW of Madras, closes Hwy. 26 for hours
A new wildfire broke out near U.S. Highway 26 northwest of Madras Saturday afternoon, burning about 60 acres closing a 40-mile stretch of the highway for hours and prompting lengthy detours for weekend travelers.
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Attic fire heavily damages SW Redmond home
An attic fire caused an estimated $75,000 damage to a southwest Redmond home Friday night, Redmond Fire & Rescue reported.
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Warm Springs wildfire that grew to nearly 800 acres now 75 percent contained
A wind-driven grass fire that broke out Thursday afternoon on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, closing U.S. Highway 26 for a time, has grown to nearly 800 acres but is now 75 percent contained, an official said Friday.
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