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Fire restrictions prohibit all campfires, charcoal or briquette fires, pellet fires or other open fires outside of designated campgrounds. ... Another eastern Oregon wildfire — the Lone Rock ...
Durkee Fire in Eastern Oregon grows to 116,431 acres. ... Fire restrictions prohibit all campfires, charcoal or briquette fires, pellet fires or other open fires outside of designated campgrounds ...
Oregon has already burned more acres than all of 2023 and almost 2022. Oregon has burned a whopping 434,821 acres in 30 large wildfires already this season, in addition to issuing 88 evacuation ...
The 2024 Oregon wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Oregon.. Predictions for the 2024 fire season made by the National Interagency Fire Center forecasted above average wildfire potential in the southeastern portion of the state and average wildfire potential throughout the rest of Oregon.
The Durkee Fire was a wildfire burning in Baker and Malheur counties in eastern Oregon. As of August 7, 2024, [update] the fire burned 294,265 acres (1,190.85 km 2 ) and is 95 percent contained. The Durkee Fire was the second-largest wildfire in the United States and was the largest wildfire in Oregon's 2024 wildfire season .
All Oregon Department of Forestry districts declared the beginning of fire season by July 1. [5] The Northwest Coordination Center upgraded the region's preparedness level (referring to the availability of firefighting resources) from PL 1 to PL 2 on July 3, PL 3 on July 23, PL 4 on August 12, and PL5—the highest level—on August 19.
The Durkee Fire, burning near the Oregon-Idaho border about 130 miles (209 kilometers) west of Boise, Idaho, caused the closure of a stretch of Interstate 84 again Wednesday.
The Cedar Creek Fire was a large wildfire in the U.S. state of Oregon that began on August 1, 2022, with a series of lightning strikes in the Willamette National Forest approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of Oakridge. [1] By September 8, the fire had reached over 73,000 acres (30,000 ha). [3]