As fall weather brings shorter days and cooler temperatures, fuels specialists with the Prineville District, Bureau of Land Management are…
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Welcome, widespread rain and snow fell Saturday on the 127,000-acre Cedar Creek Fire near Waldo Lake, cooling the blaze and reducing fire activity,…
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The Deschutes National Forest on Friday reduced the forest closure for the Cedar Creek Fire, opening up a portion of the area around Cultus Lake and…
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A fire that caused $125,000 damage to a shed, deck and large travel trailer parked by a century-old northwest Bend home Friday afternoon was traced…
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Large mulch piles being turned into compost caught fire in stiff north winds late Thursday afternoon at Deschutes Recycling’s hard at Knott…
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Residents escaped a fire early Thursday morning that destroyed two homes south of Redmond and was determined to be arson, an official…
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Contractors arriving to a nearly completed southwest Bend home Wednesday morning found a fire in the garage, called 911 and put out the remaining…
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CAMAS, Wash. (AP) — A wildfire in southwest Washington state that ballooned in size Sunday, causing regional air quality issues, may have been…
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More than 2 1/2 months after being ignited by lightning, the nearly 126,000-acre Cedar Creek Fire reached the 50% containment mark Tuesday, still…
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CAMAS, Wash. (AP) — Some roads reopened and evacuation zones shrank near a wildfire fed Sunday by gusty winds and low humidity east of Vancouver,…
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Cooler temperatures and higher humidity will help the nearly 700 firefighters still battling the 2 1/2-month-old Cedar Creek Fire, which has grown to…
Continue Reading CAMAS, Wash. (AP) — A wildfire fed by gusty winds and low humidity east of Vancouver, Washington, grew rapidly on Sunday, prompting authorities to…
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A fire that destroyed a manufactured home in La Pine Tuesday afternoon was spreading toward nearby homes and the forest when the first crews…
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A 47-year-old homeless Bend resident was arrested Tuesday on two counts of arson for a fire last Saturday that damaged a Northeast Third Street…
Continue ReadingST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) — An explosion and fire last week at the Columbia Hills Retirement Center in St. Helens, Oregon, that killed one person was a…
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Continued warm, dry fall weather helped push the nearly 2 1/2-month-old Cedar Creek Fire past containment lines on the southern end on Sunday,…
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A fire that damaged the exterior of a Northeast Third Street business early Saturday morning has been determined to be intentionally set, Bend…
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The firefighting force that once topped 2,000 has dropped to about 600 on the 121,529-acre Cedar Creek Fire, and above-average temperatures for…
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A fire heavily damaged a manufactured home in northeast Redmond early Saturday morning, officials…
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Some campgrounds west of highway remain closed; 121,000-acre fire now 38% contained BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The forest closure for the Cedar Creek Fire…
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