Barbecue sparks patio fire at NE Bend apartments
Residents used fire extinguishers to tackle a patio fire at a northeast Bend apartment complex Sunday night that spread from a barbecue, officials said.
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Sprinkler stops NW Bend restaurant fire sparked by oil still in laundered rags
A northwest Bend restaurant’s bagged, laundered kitchen rags still had enough oil on them to spontaneously combust and spark a fire early Thursday morning that was stopped quickly by a sprinkler head, an official said.
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La Pine man charged with wielding 2 axes, entering burning shop to save cat
A La Pine towing company worker who kept going back into the burning business to look for a missing cat early Saturday morning interfered with firefighting efforts and was cited for threatening Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies with two axes for trying to stop him, officials said.
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PacifiCorp to pay feds $3.4 million in settlement over 2018 S. Oregon wildfire
PacifiCorp has agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle federal allegations related to a 2018 Southern Oregon wildfire that officials claim was caused by a failed transmission line connector
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Fire destroys vacant Prineville mobile home; man held on reckless burning charge
A man was arrested Saturday evening on reckless burning and other charges after a fire destroyed a vacant mobile home in Prineville, also damaging several trees and closing U.S. Highway 26 for a time due to flames and smoke, authorities said.
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Homeowner’s weed burner sparks SW Bend brush fire
Firefighters extinguished a small brush fire in the front yard of a southwest Bend home Thursday afternoon that officials said was caused by a resident’s use of a weed burner — not allowed within the city limits.
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Thunderstorms, lightning spark new, small C.O. fires
Saturday’s intense thunderstorms also hit the region with hundreds of lightning strikes, some of which sparked new, small wildfires tackled by crews.
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Lightning sparks several small C.O. fires; one grows to 120 acres near Chiloquin
While Central Oregon crews tackled several small lightning-sparked fires on Friday, a larger lightning-caused blaze had burned about 120 acres in a marsh northeast of Chiloquin.
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Annual campfire restrictions begin Monday on BLM rivers in Central Oregon
Annual campfire restrictions will go into effect on Monday, June 1 on portions of the Deschutes, John Day, White and Crooked rivers, as well as on BLM-administered lands along Lake Billy Chinook, officials said Wednesday.
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In the wrong (hot) conditions, hand sanitizer in your car could catch fire
Under the right — make that wrong — conditions, that bottle of hand sanitizer sitting in your car just might catch fire.
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FBI investigating ‘suspicious’ Warm Springs house fire that seriously injured 2
The FBI has joined the investigation into a house fire late Sunday night that seriously injured two Warm Springs men, a police investigator said Tuesday.
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C.O. crews prepare for wildfire season amid COVID 19 challenges
Wildfire season is fast approaching, and now the crews that respond to fires will have to follow new social distancing protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Fierce fire destroys rural home northwest of Sisters
An intense fire early Thursday morning destroyed a home in the rural Cascade Meadow Ranch subdivision northwest of Sisters, officials said.
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With wildfire season approaching and low fuel moisture levels, Bend Fire & Rescue on Wednesday closed outdoor debris burning for the season in rural areas.
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Bull Springs tree farm owners temporarily ban motor vehicles to curb fire risk
With much of federal and state lands closed in response to the coronavirus, the Bull Springs Skyline Forest tree farm northwest of Bend has gone from a somewhat secret recreational area to a popular stomping ground. At least, that’s how the land’s property manager described it.
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Wildfire burns over 900 acres near John Day River
A human-caused wildfire burned more than 900 acres on the John Day River in north-central Oregon, but crews expected to have it contained Thursday evening, officials said.
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Escaped homeless camp cooking fire burns under 1/4 acre near St. Charles Bend
An escaped cooking fire at a homeless camp fire north of St. Charles Bend burned less than a quarter-acre of brush Wednesday morning, thanks to police, bystanders and firefighters.
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New OSU Extension Fire Program to host fire preparedness webinars
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University’s new Forestry & Natural Resources Extension Fire Program will host a series of three webinars in May to promote wildfire preparedness and prevention. The free webinars are scheduled for May 8, May 15 and May 22. May is Wildfire Awareness Month. Oregon has already seen two wildfires this year. While
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Rise in C.O. human-caused blazes has fire prevention officials concerned
With Wildfire Awareness Month kicking off this Friday, and after 16-human-caused blazes in the past two weeks, wildland firefighting officials in Central Oregon want to remind people to prevent the start of careless, unwanted wildfires.
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Four die in Sweet Home manufactured home fire
Four people were killed in a fire that destroyed a manufactured home fire early Tuesday morning in the Linn County community of Sweet Home, officials said.
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