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U.S. Forest Service via Inciweb Originally published on July 24, 2021 12:26 pm The Bootleg Fire burning in South Central Oregon is now 42% contained and burning over 400,000 acres. Fire authorities say that progress is being made against the Bootleg Fire, though it still remains the largest blaze in the country, additional mandatory evacuations were ordered Friday evening and less than half of it has been contained. Smoke from the fire has kept temperatures down in the area, reducing fire ...

Bootleg Fire Incident Command via InciWeb Originally published on July 23, 2021 7:32 am BLY, Ore. (AP) — The nation’s largest wildfire raged through southern Oregon on Friday but crews were scaling back some night operations as hard work and weaker winds helped reduce the spread of flames. Just south of there, wildfires continued to threaten homes in neighboring California. The Bootleg Fire, which has destroyed an area four times the size of Rhode Island, was 40% contained as of Friday ...

(The Center Square) – Oregon Gov. Kate Brown offered a warning to Oregonians on Tuesday about the threat of the Bootleg Fire: start thinking about evacuations now. In the two weeks since it was first reported in Klamath County on July 6, the fire has swelled to 388,359 acres according to INCIWEB. Its added an average of 27,714 acres a day and overwhelmed fire crews that have spent the past 10 days retreating from it for their own safety. The Bootleg Fire has destroyed at least 70 homes and...

GARY A. WARNER Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon is experiencing August-like fire danger conditions in mid-July, creating the likelihood of a historic fire season for the second year in a row. Nearly 500,000 acres have burned from nearly 1,000 fires this year, said Doug Grafe, chief of fire protection for the Oregon Department of Forestry during a Tuesday press call on current fire conditions. Most fires are caught at under 10 acres, but each has the potential to become a major blaze, fi...

July 20 2021 Governor, officials push for more preparedness as huge fires burn hundreds of acres, COVID variant looms. Oregon is experiencing August-like fire danger conditions in mid-July, creating the likelihood of a historic fire season for the second year in a row. Nearly 500,000 acres have burned from nearly 1,000 fires this year, said Doug Grafe, chief of fire protection for the Oregon Department of Forestry during a Tuesday, July 20, press call on current fire conditions. Most fire...

Evacuation levels downgraded for Jack Fire Containment is now at 50%. Posted: Jul 19, 2021 4:55 PM Updated: Jul 19, 2021 5:47 PM Posted By: KEZI Staff 11 Images DRY CREEK, Ore. – Evacuation levels have been downgraded for the Jack Fire, meaning only a Level 1 order -- the lowest of the three -- remains in place. The Dry Creek community and surrounding areas are no longer under the higher Level 2 Be Set order. All areas previously under a Level 1 are no longer under an official notice. Cont...

Night work on the Jack Fire on July 17, 2021. Credit Inciweb  Bernie Pineda is a public information officer for the Jack Fire.  He said when the new team takes over, the current crews will get a couple days off and then it’s back to work on another fire. “We have nine teams and currently we have all nine of them out,” Pineda said. “There is no teams available. So it’s going to be a busy, long season.” Highway 138 has reopened in the fire area with a slower speed limit of 45 mil...

(The Center Square) – Oregons Bootleg Fire, now the largest fire in the nation, is inching closer to a Californian forest critical to its climate-centric cap and trade program. The 212,000-acre fire is burning in Fremont-Winema National Forest, placing 100 homes in Klamath County under evacuation orders since it was first reported on July 6. Since then, the  Bootleg Fire has doubled in size every 48 hours. From July 9 to July 14, the fire has doubled in size almost daily. Around 1,18...

(The Center Square) – California is sending in firefighters to help quell Oregons Bootleg Fire as the blaze inches ever closer to the interstate border. The 247,000-acre fire has grown at a rapid pace since it was reported on July 6. On Friday, INCIWEB showed the fast-moving inferno has grown to 326 square miles or larger than the landmass of San Diego. The wildfire, which became the nations most extensive earlier this week, threatens more than 3,000 homes in Klamath County, where all leve...

Credit Inciweb The Jack Fire burning on the Umpqua National Forest east of Glide is now 35% contained. As of Sunday afternoon, the fire had spread across 16,674 acres of land. Along the northern edge of the fire, north of HWY 138, crews have been increasing the depth along fire lines. South of HWY 138, burnout operations are being used to build lines that will contain the fire and stop the southern spread. Roads are being used as control lines on the southeast flank and crews are using heavy ma...