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Half of Oregon is officially free of fire season, while the state’s eastern and southern regions need significantly more rain before they’re in the clear, experts say.

Conditions remain likely for more blazes in areas of Oregon and Washington suffering from extreme drought, said Ian Rickert, regional fire management planning specialist for the U.S. Forest Service and

Near Oakridge, fire crews are mopping up one incident, and working to rein in a couple others, as a dozen-wildfire suppression operation called the Middle

OAKRIDGE, Ore. — A firefighter who died Monday while battling a wildfire southeast of Eugene, Ore., has been identified as Frumencio Ruiz Carapia of Medford, Ore.

The Lane County Sheriffs Office says that 56-year-old Frumencio Ruiz Carapia was hit by a falling tree while working on the eastern edge of the Gales Fire on Monday.

Authorities have released the name of a firefighter killed in the line of duty yesterday at the Middle Fork Complex.

Stay with KEZI 9 News for the latest on fires burning in our area.

Officials are holding a virtual community fire briefing on Facebook at 6:30 p.m.

Dozens of wildfires are actively burning across the Pacific Northwest, including Oregon. Crews are not only battling the fires, but scorching, triple-digit

Six fire agencies from Linn County have sent a task force to the Middle Fork Complex fire in the Willamette National Forest. The dispatch comes after Oregon Gov. Kate Brown