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The Santiam Fire was a very large wildfire that burned in Marion, Jefferson, Linn, and Clackamas counties, in northwest Oregon, United States.Having ignited in August 2020, the 402,274-acre (162,795 ha) fire ravaged multiple communities in northwestern Oregon, before it was fully contained on December 10, 2020.
Community members were hard at work at Minto County Park over the weekend to help restore the park that was devastated by the Beachie Creek Fire in 2020. Nonprofit organizations Oregon Parks ...
An Oregon timber company has sued the U.S. Forest Service for $33 million for not putting out the 2020 Beachie Creek Fire before it turned into a raging inferno. ... The combination Santiam ...
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 Beachie Creek Fire changed all that. One of the hottest and deadliest wildfires in state history killed 85-95% of the trees, transforming ancient giants to matchsticks while numerous bridges ...
The town was the headquarters for controlling the Beachie Creek Fire, which started August 16, 2020, and at the time was estimated to be 469 acres (190 ha) in size. However, dry vegetation and a historic windstorm during the night of September 7 rapidly increased the fire to 131,000 acres (53,000 ha), threatening the town and forcing the ...
On the night of Sept. 7, 2020, downed power lines ignited a fire at the Gates School and former Beachie Creek Fire incident command team post.
Merged into the Beachie Creek Fire and became the Santiam Fire on September 8. [138] Rattlesnake Tulare County, California: 8,419: August 16: December 18: Lightning sparked a slow-growing fire in inaccessible terrain. [139] Downey Creek Douglas County, Oregon: 2,570: August 16: December 31 [140] Jones Nevada County, California: 705: August 17 ...