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Another eastern Oregon wildfire — the Lone Rock Fire — grew to 71,000 acres and was 10% contained as of Tuesday evening. The fire east of Condon ignited over the weekend and grew quickly.
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 Round Mountain and Wickiup fires on Deschutes National Forest are at a combined 250 acres as of Saturday night, according to Central Oregon Fire Info. Level 2 and 3 evacuation orders were ...
The 2-acre Sulphur Fire started in Southern Oregon southwest of Medford on Monday night. A U.S. Forest Service fire engine identified the fire on a ridge south of Beaver Sulphur Campground on ...
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 .
The Salt Creek Fire in Southern Oregon was listed at 3,891 acres Thursday morning, having grown little on Wednesday. Containment of the fire was 16%. Officials expect containment to go up Thursday.
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 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.