KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – The Bootleg Fire grew by over 10,000 acres over the past 24 hours. The Oregon State Fire Marshal said between Wednesday and Thursday, extreme fire behavior continued with spotting ahead of the main control line into ...
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – Hundreds of structures remain threatened by the Bootleg Fire in Klamath and Lake Counties. The wildfire started on July 6 about 15 miles northwest of Beatty. Since then, it’s grown to 212,377 acres in size. The ...
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – Bootleg Fire evacuation notifications are now being issued in Lake County. The wildfire started on July 6 about 15 miles northwest of Beatty. Since then, it’s grown to 201,923 acres in size. The Bootleg Fire triggered ...
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore — The fast moving Bootleg fire has claimed at least 50 structures in Klamath county as crews race to control the flames. The Office of State Fire Marshal says seven residential homes, and 43 outbuildings were lost ...
BEATTY, Ore. – The sheer size of the Bootleg Fire burning east of Chiloquin is forcing firefighters to split the fire into two management zones. Oregon Department of Forestry Incident Management Team 1 took command of the fire’s south part, ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – A Red Flag Warning was issued for parts of southwest Oregon Tuesday. The National Weather Service made the warning due to abundant lightning on dry vegetation which could contribute to new fire starts from northern Siskiyou and ...
LAKEVIEW, Ore. – A man was arrested for allegedly shooting another man in Lake County. Oregon State Police said on the night of June 7, a 46-year-old Lakeview man was injured in a shooting. He was taken to a Bend ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – The U.S. Forest Service said the challenges we faced during last year’s fire season in southwest Oregon could come again this year. John Saltenberger, the Fire Weather Program Manager at the Northwest Coordination Center in Portland, said ...
LAKE COUNTY, Ore. — Governor Brown announced this afternoon the Warner Creek Correctional Facility in Lake County isn’t closing, in order to protect the local economy, according to State Representative E. Werner Reschke (R-Klamath Falls). In a press release, State ...
LAKEVIEW, Ore. – Smoke from a prescribed burn may impact some communities in southwest Oregon. The South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership said on Monday, crews began “blacklining” around a prescribed fire operation that will begin Tuesday and could last ...