Illegal fireworks ignite row of trees at Stover Park in NE Bend; culprits sought
An illegal multi-shot set of fireworks ignited a 100-foot section of arborvitae trees lining the baseball diamond outfield at Stover Park in…
Continue ReadingAn illegal multi-shot set of fireworks ignited a 100-foot section of arborvitae trees lining the baseball diamond outfield at Stover Park in…
Continue ReadingA swirling tornado of flames reaching 40,000 feet into the sky tore through a California city in 2018, leaving a veteran hotshot firefighter…
Continue ReadingThe 2020 wildfire season in Oregon was one of the most devastating and costly for the state, while also impacted other Western states — all during a…
Continue ReadingThree old log decks at the former Warm Springs Forest Products sawmill spontaneously combusted late Thursday afternoon, the fires merging in a…
Continue ReadingThree wildfires prompted the closures of westbound lanes of Highway 30 and Interstate 84 temporarily in the Columbia River Gorge west of The Dalles…
Continue ReadingU.S. wildfire managers are considering shifting from seasonal to full-time firefighting crews to deal with what has become a year-round wildfire…
Continue ReadingPublic land use restrictions going into effect Friday on Central Oregon’s public lands mark only the fourth time that’s happened in…
Continue ReadingThe Office of Oregon State Fire Marshal has sent fire crews from elsewhere in the state to Central Oregon to serve as backup due to the high wildfire…
Continue ReadingWith hundreds of lightning strikes rolling through Central Oregon over the last couple of days, sleeper fires are now a concern for crews in the…
Continue ReadingFire season can bring in outside task forces to help protect homes, but all year long, mutual aid among Central Oregon fire agencies is…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management and the Oregon Department of Forestry announced seasonal closures and limited-use regulations…
Continue ReadingThe 1,150-acre Cutoff Fire north of Bonanza reached 23% containment Tuesday, but a survey team found that two homes and 20 outbuildings were…
Continue ReadingA suspicious brush fire that burned about 45 acres on a hillside near a fish hatchery on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation Monday night is being…
Continue ReadingThunderstorms rumbled and flashed their way through the High Desert Monday evening, sparking over a dozen new wildfires that crews rushed to catch…
Continue ReadingMt Bachelor? Blocked. The Three Sisters? Shrouded. Mount Jefferson? Hard to…
Continue ReadingOregon State University held an online wildfire and drought forum Monday on what Oregon can expect as this fire season hits full…
Continue ReadingA wildfire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation southeast of Mount Hood grew to about 6,200 acres Sunday, also bringing hazy skies to Central…
Continue ReadingA new wildfire broke out south of Chiloquin Monday afternoon, threatening structures and prompting Level 3 evacuation orders and two road closures,…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10, in coordination with the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, has issued a ban on…
Continue ReadingThree unoccupied RVs were destroyed by separate fires at dispersed campsites on BLM lands near La Pine on Sunday, spreading to nearby wildland, and…
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