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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.
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 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% ...
Ten residences and 13 "other" structures were destroyed in the early stages of the fire, according to Oregon State Fire Marshal structure teams. Level 1, 2 and 3 evacuation orders remained in ...
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]
One of Oregon’s more popular mountaintop fire lookouts is set to be rebuilt after it was destroyed in the 2020 Labor Day wildfires. Bolan Mountain Fire Lookout, located just above the Oregon ...
The fire remained at 2,052 acres with 0% containment as of July 24, 2023. [5] On Sunday, FEMA Region 10 approved Oregon's first Fire Management Assistance Grant of 2023 to fight the Golden Fire. According to FEMA, the request allows federal funds to pay for 75% of the state's eligible firefighting costs.
Oregon has been experiencing increasingly large fire seasons over the last few decades, with the preceding 2020 wildfire season being one of the most destructive in the state's history. [8] As with much of the rest of the Western United States , [ 9 ] fire officials were predicting another above-average season in 2021 due to expected low ...