Oregon wildfire updates
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Officials in central Oregon advised residents to monitor evacuation updates as several large wildfires, including the Hay Creek and Rowe Creek complexes, continue to burn throughout the region.
With searing temperatures across the Portland metro area Wednesday and wildfires continuing to scorch more than 400,000 acres across the state, emergency officials are reminding residents that power outages are possible and that preparing ahead of time is critical.
Oregon had 25 active wildfires burning 354,000 acres as of July 20, mostly in the southern, central and eastern parts of the state. Here's the latest.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has extended an air quality advisory to cover 11 counties as multiple wildfires burn in the state.
The Rowe Creek Complex Fire in north central Oregon has surged to more than 120,000 acres as local and statewide fire crews continue fighting the blaze. The Rowe Creek Complex
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Wildfire season is taking over as two complex fires tear through Central Oregon and others blaze in other parts of the state on Wednesday. As of noon on Wednesday, there are 76 active fires burning in the state of Oregon, with the ...
The Akawa Butte fire burning outside of Sisters in central Oregon exploded in size Wednesday afternoon as near triple-digit temperatures and strong winds fueled rapid fire growth. Fire officials said a pyrocumulus cloud — a massive cloud generated by intense heat from the fire — formed over the blaze Wednesday afternoon,
Raging wildfires across Oregon continued to grow on Thursday, as hot, dry, and windy conditions fueled the flames and expanded evacuation zones for some nearby
Dozens of wildfires were burning in Oregon on Friday after thunderstorms delivered thousands of lightning strikes across a landscape that had been left parched by drought. Ted Pie
One of the fires, the Rowe Creek Complex in Jefferson, Wheeler and Wasco counties, has scorched more than 148,000 acres.