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The Slater and Devil fires were two fires that burned in Northern California and Southern Oregon during the 2020 California wildfire season. The fires burned 166,127 acres (67,229 ha), claimed two lives, injured 12 people, and were 100% contained on November 16. [1] [2] The fires caused some highway reconstructions and forest closures. [3] [1]
The Shelly Fire, burning about 250 miles south of Eugene in northern California, has spread to 6,261 acres since it started on July 3. With continuous hot dry weather and access difficulties, the ...
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.
False-color view of the burned area and smoke from the Park Fire in Northern California, viewed from the Landsat 9 satellite on July 27, 2024. By the end of spring (June 20), the total area burned by wildfires in California was nearly 90,000 acres (36,000 ha).
At least 12 of the state’s largest fires this year were human-caused — including the 114,000-acre Falls Fire in Eastern Oregon. In general, officials outlawed campfires statewide except in ...
Smoke from the Head fire — the most active of the Happy Camp complex — blankets the closed State Route 96 in the Klamath National Forest. (Billy Shakespeare / Caltrans District 2)
Fire officials say the Grove Fire was spreading southeast through steep and challenging terrain. The fire grew to 1.3 square miles (3.4 square kilometers) within a few hours but was 5% contained just before 8 p.m., Cal Fire said on the social media platform X. The smoke from the Durkee Fire in Oregon was choking the air in Boise and beyond.
Lightning-sparked, merged with the Log Fire on July 19, 408 structures destroyed, 342 vehicles destroyed, [27] 20 injuries. It was the largest wildfire in the United States in the 2021 wildfire season, until it was overtaken by the Dixie Fire in Northern California in early August. [16] [25] [28] [29] [30] Grandview Jefferson, Deschutes: 6,032 ...