25 years ago, Skeleton Fire destroyed 19 homes SE Bend, sparking wildfire safety efforts
It’s been a quarter-century since the Skeleton Fire tore through the Sundance neighborhood southeast of Bend, destroying nearly 20 homes and…
Continue ReadingIt’s been a quarter-century since the Skeleton Fire tore through the Sundance neighborhood southeast of Bend, destroying nearly 20 homes and…
Continue ReadingFirefighters continue to make hard-won progress on encircling several wildfires or groups of blazes that have been burning around the state in recent…
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN The Caldor Fire has destroyed more than 320 structures and is threatening another 13,000 as it continues to burn uncontained in…
Continue ReadingAt nearly every community meeting on firefighting efforts in the U.S. West, residents want to know why crews don’t simply put out the flames to…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory Friday for all areas east of the Cascades, plus Jackson County, due to…
Continue ReadingOvernight temperatures dropped down to 36 degrees as fire crews worked hard to plumb and strengthen lines around the Patton Meadow Fire west of…
Continue ReadingCrews made good progress overnight addressing critical areas on the Patton Meadow Fire, which has grown to more than 6,000 acres about 10 miles west…
Continue ReadingA predicted weather change came into the area of the 5,400-acre Patton Meadow Fire Sunday evening, which brought higher winds out of the west and is…
Continue ReadingA small fire broke out Saturday afternoon near the Bend Parkway on the south end of town and burned about a quarter-acre before crews stopped…
Continue ReadingTERREBONNE, Ore. (KTVZ) – Firefighters and a water-dropping helicopter stopped a wildfire west of Terrebonne that burned nearly three acres Friday…
Continue ReadingSunday will mark a year since the Juniper Ridge Fire broke out on the north end of Bend, forcing hundreds of evacuated residents to flee and nearly…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Southwest Clean Air Agency and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued and extended air quality…
Continue ReadingTwenty airmen with the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing have departed Portland en route to support wildland firefighting efforts across the…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County Health Services advises residents to take health precautions during periods of smoke. Many factors influence a person’s…
Continue ReadingDespite Wednesday’s hot temperatures, crews on the Monty and Bean Creek fires have increased containment to 95%, officials…
Continue ReadingDespite warmer temperatures Tuesday, firefighters on the Monty and Bean Creek fires west of Lake Billy Chinook were able to significantly increase…
Continue ReadingOfficials have issued an emergency area closure for the Knoll Fire on the Willamette National Forest. The lightning-caused 375-acre Knoll Fire is…
Continue ReadingA 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…
Continue ReadingCooler weather Monday continued to aid firefighters in securing perimeters on the Monty and Bean Creek fires, west of Lake Billy Chinook. But…
Continue ReadingCooler weather helped firefighting efforts around the state Sunday, as crews increased containment on all three major fires in Central Oregon and…
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