Oregon wildfires have burned a record-breaking 1.9 million acres this year — the most acres ever damaged in modern state history. While much of the Willamette Valley and the Portland ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon’s longest-running active wildfire has been burning for nearly two months despite being 100% contained. The Lone Rock Fire first sparked in Gilliam County on July ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon’s wildfire season continues to devastate parts of the state as four megafires remain burning after nearly 50 days. A megafire, according to the U.S. Interagency ...
The Rail Ridge Fire in central Oregon has set over 61,000 acres ablaze ... in addition to winds in the Cascade Mountains, could lead to high fire danger and growth. However, no extreme east ...
Oregon had a busy weekend fighting new wildfires that ignited during three straight days of critical conditions. Lightning strikes, hot temperatures and dry winds fueled the ignition and spread of ...
The wildfire burned about halfway between Dufur and Maupin. It was 100% contained by early August, Oregon Department of Forestry spokesperson Jessica Neujahr estimated. Mennealy was supposed to be ...
I’m Jenn Chávez, in this week for Dave Miller. Wildfires have burned more than a million and a half acres in Oregon this year. And as Oregonians know, well, the fire season isn’t over yet.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on called this year’s wildfire season “unprecedented.” She also issued a reminder: It’s not over yet. At a news conference with officials from multiple state ...
including wood stoves and charcoal briquette fires, on Central Oregon public lands, except within the Deschutes National Forest Wilderness areas (Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, Three Sisters ...
The fire also brought power outages and led to school being canceled in Spray, while poor air quality led to air purifiers being handed out in town. An Oregon Department of Forestry firefighting ...
Bagby Hot Springs and Campground will reopen at 8 a.m. on Saturday for the first time since early August as the closures from the Sandstone Fire drop. The fire burned 702 acres in the area but the ...
As wildfires continue to threaten homes, rangeland and communities in Oregon, the federal government has announced millions in new funding to prevent the blazes that have blackened a record amount of ...