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The 2024 Oregon wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Oregon.. Predictions for the 2024 fire season made by the National Interagency Fire Center forecasted above average wildfire potential in the southeastern portion of the state and average wildfire potential throughout the rest of Oregon.
This article is a summary of the 2023 Oregon wildfire season, comprising the series of significant wildfires that have burned in the U.S. state of Oregon since the beginning of the calendar year. Fire season officially began in all areas of the state by July 1, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF).
The Devils Butte Fire is an active wildfire in Gilliam County, Oregon. It ignited in the morning on July 10, 2023, due to a lightning strike. As of July 12, 2023, the fire has burned 2,865 acres (1,159 ha) and is 100% contained. [1] [2]
The blaze, known as the Blue 190 Fire, appeared well-established on images from a remote camera from Deathball Mountain, operated by the Oregon Hazards Lab at the University of Oregon.
Officials said they would hold a community fire briefing Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Mountain Time at the Vale Senior Center, located at 100 Longfellow St. in Vale, Oregon. Due to the reduced threat to ...
Oregon has been experiencing increasingly large fire seasons over the last few decades, with the preceding 2020 wildfire season being one of the most destructive in the state's history. [8] As with much of the rest of the Western United States , [ 9 ] fire officials were predicting another above-average season in 2021 due to expected low ...
The 2022 Oregon wildfire season was a series of wildfires burning in the U.S. state of Oregon. On August 28, 2022, Governor Kate Brown declared a statewide emergency because multiple wildfires, including the Rum Creek Fire. [1] [2] That same month, Governor Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act because of the Miller Road/Dodge Fire. [3]
A tanker truck overturned in Northeast Oregon on Friday and spilled over 100,000 live salmon — most of which landed in a nearby creek and lived to swim another day, officials said.