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PORT ORFORD, Ore. – Updated at 9:30 a.m.: The Anvil Fire is 25 acres and is 0% contained

The Lane County Sheriff’s Office has issued a Level 3 (GO NOW) evacuation notice for the Mink Lake basin in the Three Sisters Wilderness.

The Smith Fire Complex has grown over 60,000 acres and roughly 25,000 in the past week. Along with evacuation warnings and orders, residents in those areas have been moving livestock to safe locations. One location is the Josephine County Fairgrounds, and the other is run by a member of Southern Oregon Emergency Aid (SOEA).

Level 2 BE SET to evacuate means there is significant danger in your area and be ready to leave at a moment’s notice.

New evacuation reductions are set for areas near the Bedrock Fire.

ELK, Wash. -- The flames that torched more than 11,000 acres have scarred north Spokane County to be almost unrecognizable.

As wildfires continue to burn, lightning and thunderstorms are sparking new ones. It has fire officials worried, as they already have their hands full.

PULLMAN, Wash. -- The Whitman County Sheriffs Office announced charges Thursday against two teens accused of setting fire to a small, but critical bridge along the Chipman Trail.

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash -- Friday marks one week since the Gray Fire tore through communities near Medical Lake.

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. -- A fawn was seen walking through rubble Thursday where houses once stood less than a week ago, before burning to the ground in Medical Lake.