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The 2024 Oregon wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of Oregon.. Predictions for the 2024 fire season made by the National Interagency Fire Center forecast above average wildfire potential in the southeastern portion of the state and average wildfire potential throughout the rest of Oregon.
The fires, all located north of Oakridge/Westfir, include the Chalk, Coffeepot, McKinley, Moss Mountain, Tire Mountain, 208, and 217 fires. Fire crews are looking for containment lines where they ...
A wildfire near Milepost 98 on Interstate 5 near Canyonville in southern Oregon brought level 3 evacuations to the surrounding area. The fire was estimated at 93 acres as of Friday morning. Fire ...
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.
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 ...
B&B Complex fires; 2006 South End Complex [1] 2007 Egley Complex [1] 2009 Tumblebug Complex Fire; 2011 High Cascades Complex [1] 2012 Barry Point Fire; Lava Fire; Long Draw Fire; Holloway Fire [1] Miller Homestead [1] 2014 Buzzard Complex [1] 2015; 2017. Chetco Bar Fire; Cinder Butte Fire; Eagle Creek Fire; High Cascades Complex fires; Jones ...
This story was updated at 1:50 p.m. Thursday. After a period of extreme fire growth and new ignitions, Oregon’s wildfire forecast should moderate somewhat over the coming week, especially on the ...
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]