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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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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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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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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The fire started on BLM land near Redmond
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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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Firefighters quickly got a line around a wildfire that broke out Sunday afternoon about 10 miles east of Ashland.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
Continue ReadingPRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hot temperatures and drying conditions have prompted fire officials for the Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland and the Prineville District Bureau of Land Management to raise the Industrial Fire Precaution Level from I to II next week. The Deschutes National Forest is already in IFPL II. The fire danger level remains at HIGH in Central
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — As part of the state’s coordinated and comprehensive wildfire suppression efforts, and thanks to funds allocated by the federal government, more than 400 citizen-soldiers and citizen-airmen from the Oregon National Guard will be trained as wildland firefighters next week at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem. Approximately 180 members of
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The Deschutes National Forest says the warmer weather plus drought conditions, paired with human error and more activity in the woods, could be a dangerous combination.
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A wildfire that broke out Wednesday afternoon southeast of La Pine quickly grew to 45 acres before firefighters from numerous agencies in a ground and air battle were able to stop its forward progress.
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A storm that passed through Central Oregon Monday night blanketed the area with about 100 lightning strikes, sparking at least five new wildfires, the largest burning nearly 80 acres in Wheeler County.
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