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A total of 1,050 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes raked Oregon late Tuesday night into early Wednesday, igniting a number of wildfires across the state, including some that brought evacuation ...
The Salt Creek Fire in Southern Oregon has grown to 3,300 acres. On Monday night, fire crews used cooler evening temperatures to build and improve the line, increasing the fires containment to 2% ...
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. [4] As of ...
Fire season officially began in all areas of the state by July 1, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF). As of September 5, 2023 [update] , the state had recorded 1,731 fires, which had burned a total of 159,991 acres (64,746 hectares).
Another eastern Oregon wildfire — the Lone Rock Fire — had grown to 57,855 acres by Monday morning. The fire east of Condon ignited over the weekend and grew quickly. Level 3 "go now ...
The Tunnel Five Fire or Tunnel 5 Fire was a wildfire in Skamania County, Washington in the Columbia River Gorge, near the border with Oregon. Ignited in the morning of July 2, 2023, [2] the fire was caused by a BNSF locomotive exhaust. [3] By July 10, the fire was 80% contained, [4] and by the following day it reached 100% containment. [5]
The 2022 Oregon wildfire season was a series of wildfires burning in the U.S. state of Oregon. On August 28, 2022, Governor Kate Brown declared a statewide emergency because multiple wildfires, including the Rum Creek Fire. [1] [2] That same month, Governor Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act because of the Miller Road/Dodge Fire. [3]
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 Oregon State ...