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The Holiday Farm Fire occurred in the U.S. state of Oregon in 2020. It ranks among the largest wildfires in Oregon history, burning a total of 173,393 acres (70,170 ha) centered on the McKenzie River valley in Lane County .
The Lane County Sheriff’s Office issued a Level 2 (Be Set) evacuation alert Saturday evening for residents in areas north of Cottage Grove as a wildfire advanced south and east. The 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 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.
On July 30, the Bureau of Lane Management Northwest Oregon District expanded a temporary closure of BLM public lands due to the Lane 1 Fire, including all BLM public lands, roads, sites and trails ...
The bulk of those strikes were across southern Oregon, according to the National Weather Service, but there were about 200 strikes along the Cascade Range and foothills in Marion, Linn and Lane ...
The Tumblebug Complex Fire burned 14,570 acres (5,900 ha) of Willamette National Forest land in Lane County, Oregon, United States, from September 12, 2009 to October 2009. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] The fire was located about 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Oakridge, Oregon, and roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Crescent Lake .
A rural fire chief and several of her volunteer firefighters in Oregon lost their homes and station house to the Holiday Farm Fire as they battled the blaze over the last few days. Upper McKenzie ...