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The cities of Phoenix, Talent, Detroit, Idanha, and Gates in Oregon were substantially destroyed by the Almeda Drive and Santiam Fires respectively. State-wide, at least 7 people have been killed. [4] [5] [6] In the Almeda Drive Fire area — between Ashland, Talent, and Phoenix — more than 2,800 structures were destroyed.
Phoenix is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. The population was 4,538 at the 2010 census . Phoenix is a part of the Medford Metropolitan Statistical Area , in the Rogue Valley , and is 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Medford on Interstate 5 .
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).
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 ...
The Oregon State Fire Marshal mobilized its Green Incident Management Team to protect homes in the area. Falls Fire roars to 120,000 acres in Grant and Harney counties.
Dangerous fire weather notices, known as red flag warnings, and air quality alerts were in place in Idaho, Wyoming and Oregon, urging residents to prepare for gusty winds and low humidity that ...
An Oregon man accused of starting a wildfire as another destructive blaze was burning in 2020 was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison, prosecutors said.
The 2021 Oregon wildfire season began in May 2021. [2] More than 1,000 fires had burned at least 518,303 acres (209,750 ha) across the state as of July 21, 2021. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] As of August 1, it was expected that the fires might not be contained for months.