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HAPPENING TODAY: Prescribed burns around Central Oregon

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Prescribed burns

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Happening today, three prescribed burns are set to take place around Central Oregon.

-10 a.m. 4/24 on 100 acres 3 miles NW of Sisters, W of Hwy 20 along FSR 1012.

-10 a.m. 4/24 on 363 acres 11 miles south of Bend and 4 miles east of Lava Butte

-11 a.m. 4/24 on 80 acres, 4 miles west of the Highway 58 and 97 junction. That's about 58 miles south of Bend and 8 miles north of Chemult.

Nearby residents are advised to close doors and windows at night to mitigate smoke impacts. Those impacts are most likely overnight and in the early-morning hours.

You can text 'COFIRE' to 888777 to receive wildfire and prescribed fire text alerts.

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