Klamath Falls, Ore. – Klamath and Lake counties will be going into ‘extreme’ fire danger starting Friday. “Our fuel conditions are right on track.” Notes Randall Baley of the Oregon Department of Forestry. “We’re at extreme level now from our ...
PROSPECT, Ore. – The Gopher Fire burning in the Sky Lakes Wilderness is now 15% contained. On September 5, lightning strikes sparked five small fires about 11 miles east of Prospect in the perimeter of 2008’s Middle Fork Fire. Those ...
LAKEVIEW, Ore. — Firefighters will be conducting prescribed burns on the Fremont-Winema National Forest beginning Saturday. The US Forest Service says recent wet weather appears to have provided a possible window for burning this weekend into next week. Beginning Saturday, crews ...
Klamath County, Ore. – A prescribed burn is now underway on more than 300 acres of forest between Medford and Klamath Falls. Crews began setting fires Tuesday morning in an area about 23 miles west of Klamath Falls. “We are ...
Klamath Falls, Ore. – Wildland fire fighters aren’t the only ones preparing for a busy fire season – as training steps are also being taken by the media to report on those fires. Getting video of major wildfires isn’t without ...
Klamath Falls, Ore. – Fire crews aren’t the only ones gearing up and getting ready for fire season. Tamara Schmidt of the Fremont-Winema National Forest notes that getting video from the edge of a wildfire isn’t without risk… “It could ...