Officials have issued an emergency area closure for the Knoll Fire on the Willamette National Forest. The lightning-caused 375-acre Knoll Fire is burning about seven miles northeast of McKenzie Bridge.
Continue Reading A fast-moving grass fire in the town of Idanha on Tuesday afternoon prompted a Level 2 (Be Set) evacuation alert for the town that was kept in place after the three-acre blaze was contained, authorities said.
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Cooler weather Monday continued to aid firefighters in securing perimeters on the Monty and Bean Creek fires, west of Lake Billy Chinook. But Oregon firefighters know temperatures will be gradually warming this week, with expected triple-digit temperatures by the weekend.
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Cooler weather helped firefighting efforts around the state Sunday, as crews increased containment on all three major fires in Central Oregon and also made progress on bigger fires elsewhere.
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The Dixie Fire in California, the largest wildfire in the country, has grown to become the second-biggest in the state’s history, according to CalFire.
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Breezy conditions tested fire lines Saturday afternoon, but firefighters continued to make great progress on the three large fires in Central Oregon as smoke from fires west of the Cascades blew smoke into the High Desert, again pushing air quality to “unhealthy” levels.
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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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Oregon State University scientists and collaborators from throughout the West say that thinning and prescribed burning are crucial parts of adaptive management for seasonally dry, fire-dependent forests such as those east of the Cascade crest.
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Fighting through the conditions is exactly what the Bend Elks Baseball team did Tuesday night against the Walla Walla Sweets — until it just couldn’t work, due to all the smoke.
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Dozens of new lightning-sparked wildfires are being tackled by thousands of firefighters across Oregon as large fires up to a month old still have crews working to contain them.
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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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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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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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As many people in the Pacific Northwest head out for activities and summer road trips, the Pacific Northwest Wildfire Coordinating Group offers the reminder that vehicles and other equipment can spark wildfires during the hot and dry months of summer. Â
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Nearly 2,000 firefighters are fighting the 640-square-mile Bootleg Fire in Klamath and Lake counties, the nation’s largest wildfire. The Umatilla National Forest is closed to all public access because if another fire starts, there are limited resources available to fight it.
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