DEL NORTE COUNTY, Calif. – Caltrans District 1 says Highway 199 near the Oregon border is expected to lift the last day of closures on Friday. According to Caltrans, this weekend there will be no traffic control in place along ...
JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES – The Oregon Department of Forestry has officially declared the end of fire season in Jackson and Josephine Counties. ODF says consistent rain and new, green vegetation has allowed for all fire season regulations and Fire ...
DEL NORTE COUNTY, Calif. – The Forest Service recently completed a soil burn severity analysis on the 94,646 acre Smith River Complex. The Smith River Burned Area Emergency Response team says the work helps determine how dangerous burned areas are ...
LAKE COUNTY, Ore. – A new fire sparked yesterday afternoon in the Fremont-Winema National Forest. The ‘Morgan Fire’ is burning 19 miles east of Bly in Lake County. It is around 500-to-600 acres in size and 0% containment. With tricky ...
SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. – Operations were halted for two hours Friday on the south side of the Smith River Complex after a fuel mix-up that affected over 40 resource engines. Fire officials discovered the issue Friday afternoon. Crews said a ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Things at the Medford Air Tanker Base are cooling off in September after a busy couple of weeks. Dozens of lightning-caused fires in our region put the tanker base to work. “The last couple weeks the tanker ...
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – Command of the Smith River Complex North switched over Wednesday morning. As of the morning update, the fire is 85,501 acres with 19% containment. The new team, called the Alaska Incident Management Team will continue to ...
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Fire management officials in South Central Oregon lifted public use restrictions on the Fremont-Winema National Forest, Bureau of Land Management Lakeview District, and Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex. These lifts will go into effect Wednesday ...
SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. – Firefighting efforts continue on the Happy Camp Complex in Siskiyou County. According to incident management, the fire is currently 28,283 acres and 55% contained. Officials say warmer and drier weather will continue Tuesday, expected to increase ...
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – Incident management says the Smith River Complex in California and Oregon is currently 85,429 acres and 19% contained. Of the over 85,000 acres, 10 thousand are burning in Oregon. Fire managers say despite rainfall on the ...