MAPLETON, Ore. (KEZI/CNN) – Firefighters in Lane County are working to put out a growing wildfire. Officials say the Sweet Creek Milepost 2 is burning in steep terrain in private forestland on the south side of the Siuslaw River near ...
WASCO COUNTY, Ore. – State resources can now be deployed to help fight a wildfire threatening dozens of structures in Wasco County. Friday morning, Oregon Governor Kate Brown approved an emergency conflagration declaration for the White River Fire, which is ...
SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. – Nearly 1,000 crew members are still working to control a pair of wildfires in Northern California. The Red Salmon Complex fires were sparked during a July 27 lightning storm. Since then, they’ve grown to ...
VACAVILLE, Calif. (NBC) – There’s no relief in sight for fire weary California as fires sparked by lightning strikes have turned the state into a patchwork of infernos. There are so many fires they can’t keep an accurate count as ...
SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. – A group of wildfires burning in California’s Trinity Alps Wilderness has scorched over 12,000 acres. The Red Salmon Complex was started by a lightning storm on July 27 in rugged and remote wilderness about ...
LAKE COUNTY, Ore. – A new wildfire burning southeast of Lakeview has grown to nearly 2,000 acres. The Crane Fire was discovered Sunday afternoon on Crane Mountain near the Oregon-California border in southern Lake County. It was estimated to be ...
LAKEVIEW, Ore. — The Fremont-Winema National Forest Service says the new Crane Fire is burning on Crane Mountain southeast of Lakeview. As of 3 p.m., the forest service says the fire has burned 400 acres. It says smoke from the ...
COOS COUNTY, Ore. – Several homes in Coos County were saved by firefighters this week. The Coos Forest Protective Agency said on Tuesday, a trailer being towed on Highway 38 had a mechanical failure that sparked a fire near mile ...
MODOC COUNTY, Calif. – A wildfire in Northern California is now 94% contained at over 80,000 acres. The July Complex fires were sparked by lightning strikes on the morning of July 22 in the Modoc National Forest. One of the ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – One week after it started, investigators determined the Worthington Fire was caused by lightning. According to the Oregon Department of Forestry, the fire near Eagle Point has burned about 761 acres but it’s fully lined and, ...