Fire Alert Archives

Bend nonprofit collecting donations for evacuees

September 12, 2020 11:31 pm KTVZ

Point Hope, a Bend nonprofit, is accepting donations of food, clothing and other items for wildfire evacuees at the My Place…

Dense smoke grounds flights at Redmond Airport

September 12, 2020 10:41 pm KTVZ

With dense smoke flooding Central Oregon, many airlines were forced to cancel flights out of Redmond Airport on Friday and Saturday. Airport manger…

Smoke chokes West Coast as wildfire deaths keep climbing

September 12, 2020 10:21 pm The Associated Press

Wildfire smoke that posed a health hazard to millions choked the West Coast on Saturday as firefighters battled deadly blazes that obliterated some…

Lake County town of Paisley under Level 3 evacuation order due to Brattain Fire

September 12, 2020 2:17 pm KTVZ News Partners

The 250 or so residents of the Lake County town of Paisley were told to evacuate Saturday due to burnout operations on the 8,000-acre Brattain Fire…

Merkley secures funds to train more National Guard to fight Oregon wildfires

September 12, 2020 12:42 am KTVZ News Partners

Also launches wildfire resource web page WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Friday that Oregon has received the federal…

At least 7 dead, dozens missing as 36 wildfires burn across Oregon

September 11, 2020 2:27 pm Barney Lerten

At least seven people have died and dozens more are missing amid dozens of Oregon wildfires that have burned more than a million acres, put a…

ODOT: North Umpqua Highway 138E to be closed for at least a week

September 11, 2020 10:21 pm KTVZ News Partners

Oregon Highway 138E (the North Umpqua Highway) is expected to remain closed between Glide and U.S. Highway 97 for at least a week due to hazardous…

Deschutes, other NW national forests expand area closures due to wildfires

September 11, 2020 9:47 pm KTVZ News Partners

SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest on Friday expanded a forest closure to large portions of the…

Not all masks help with wildfire smoke

September 11, 2020 5:48 pm KTVZ

Morgan Emerson of the Deschutes County Health Department says masks used to prevent COVID-19 work differently from masks that help prevent smoke…

C.O. businesses close due to smoke

September 11, 2020 5:34 pm KTVZ

Businesses across Central Oregon closed their doors Friday due to the heavy smoke clouding the…

Among widespread impacts of hazardous smoke; RDM flight cancellations, delays

September 11, 2020 10:17 am Barney Lerten

As expected, a shift in winds blew thick smoke from the region’s wildfires into the High Desert late Thursday and Friday morning, sending air-quality…

Key to keeping smoke inside to a minimum: Seal it up

September 11, 2020 3:52 pm KTVZ

As poor air quality continues to hit Central Oregon, there seems to be no escape from the…

Watch Live: Gov. Kate Brown, state officials wildfire briefing

September 9, 2020 12:11 pm KTVZ News Partners

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Kate Brown will hold a wildfire press briefing today at 1 p.m. The governor will be joined by Mariana Ruiz-Temple,…

Oregon FBI: Reports of extremist groups setting wildfires are untrue

September 10, 2020 9:54 pm KTVZ News Partners, The Associated Press

The FBI in Oregon joined local law enforcement on Friday in saying they have investigated reports and found no evidence that extremist groups are…

President Trump approves Oregon’s emergency disaster declaration due to wildfires

September 11, 2020 11:29 am KTVZ News Partners

President Donald J. Trump has declared that an emergency exists in the State of Oregon and ordered federal assistance to supplement state, tribal and…