LA GRANDE â The Oregon Trail Fire near the Oregon Trail Interpretive Park at Blue Mountain Crossing, about 12 miles west of La Grande, continues to burn, according to the Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch Center.
The 3.5-acre wildfire 12 miles west of La Grande is at least 80% contained as of Friday, July 9, the interagency dispatch center reported.
A crew of 10 U.S. Forest Service firefighters with three engines did mop work on the fire July 9.
The fire was first reported in the early afternoon hours of July 7 and was ignited by a campfire, according to the dispatch center.
Firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service and the Oregon Department of Forestry have been combatting the blaze.
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