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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.
Another eastern Oregon wildfire — the Lone Rock Fire — grew to 71,000 acres and was 10% contained as of Tuesday evening. The fire east of Condon ignited over the weekend and grew quickly.
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% ...
Get the Sutherlin, OR local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... CBS News 7 hours ago L.A. fire maps show Palisades, Eaton and more fires in California right now.
The 2020 Oregon wildfire season was the most destructive on record in the state of Oregon. The season is a part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season . The fires killed at least 11 people, burned more than 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) of land, and destroyed thousands of homes.
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.
The Durkee Fire, burning near the Oregon-Idaho border about 130 miles (209 kilometers) west of Boise, Idaho, caused the closure of a stretch of Interstate 84 again Wednesday.
There have been many notable wildfires in the history of the US state Oregon. List. 1902 ... Holloway Fire [1] Miller Homestead [1] 2014 Buzzard Complex [1] 2015; 2017.