Pearch Fire News Today

Oregon’s 2023 fire season is officially over according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. This comes due to cooling temperatures and widespread rain but with this declaration, NewsWatch 12 has to look back at the different fires that ravaged our region this year.

Oregon’s 2023 fire season is officially over according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. This comes due to cooling temperatures and widespread rain but with this declaration, NewsWatch 12 has to look back at the different fires that ravaged our region this year.

The following information concerning the Smith River Complex Fires is from the U.S. Forest Service as of Tuesday, Oct. 3.

A storm complex that meant rainfall on fires burning in Northern California also blocked firefighters from accessing the blazes, which are largely burning in rugged terrain. The Smith River Complex, the largest of a group of fires sparked by dry lightning weeks ago, is now burning at over 94,000 acres.

The SRF/Redwood lightning complexes total 40,670 acres and 7% containment.

Due to an uptick of active on the Pearch Fire, the Siskiyou County Sheriffs Office has issued an Evacuation Warning (GET SET) for SIS-1704.

The Pearch Fire is now 5,747 acres and 9% contained.

The Pearch Fire is now 5,130 acres and 8% contained.

The evacuation warning for Zone SIS-1701 along Somes Bar has lifted.

Fires in Humboldt County largely impacting the Hoopa and Orleans areas are in various stages of containment ranging from completely contained, to almost, to not very.