Fire crews line pair of Klamath County wildfires
Officials said Tuesday morning that the Sycan River Fire is 85 percent lined, while the Yellow Jacket Fire is fully lined.
Posted: Jun 1, 2021 11:17 AM
Updated: Jun 1, 2021 11:27 AM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
BLY, Ore. A pair of wildfires in Klamath County have ceased growing and fire crews are making great progress, fire officials said on Tuesday morning.
The U.S. Forest Service said that the Sycan River Fire is 679 acres and 10 percent contained, with no recorded growth since Monday morning. About 85 percent of the fire area is lined. Firefighters have made good progress securing the fire’s edge through dozer line and burnout operations, USFS said in a statement. Fire crews continue securing lines and building small amounts of handline where needed.
A dozer operating in front of the Sycan Fire Sunday night.
One fire in Jackson County was held to 50 acres. The other, in the Fremont-Winema National Forest in Klamath County, is still growing.
Some residents in Klamath County received evacuation notices Sunday night because of a wind-driven wildfire.
The Sycan River Fire is burning in the Fremont-Winema National Forest, about 20 miles north of the unincorporated town of Beatty.
As of Sunday night the fire was about 250 acres with no containment. The cause is under investigation.
The Klamath County Sheriff’s Office issued a Level 2 “Get Set” evacuation order for a residential area called the Sycan Forest Estates.
SALEM â A recent study that draws heavily on Deschutes County found an âoverwhelming consensusâ among law enforcement officers that Oregonâs marijuana laws are poorly written and confusing.
As a result, this perception has even led some local officers to stop enforcing marijuana laws altogether, according to the February report by Portland State University researchers Kris Henning and Greg Stewart.
âThe laws are too convoluted to comprehend,â one officer wrote in a survey response. âIf we as law enforcement canât easily decipher the laws, how can we expect the citizens to be able to understand them?â
Wrote another: âI have just started treating weed as if it is legal regardless of the amount.â
Alcohol implicated in fatal crash near Klamath Falls, Sheriff s Office says
A 38-year-old Klamath Falls woman died in a single-vehicle crash on Sunday, according to the Klamath County Sheriff s Office.
Posted: May 12, 2021 12:44 PM
Updated: May 12, 2021 12:45 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. Deputies from the Klamath County Sheriff s Office believe that alcohol was implicated in a fatal crash south of Klamath Falls over the weekend.
Around 11 a.m. on Sunday, deputies, firefighters, EMS staff, and Oregon State Police troopers responded to reports of a single-vehicle crash near Spring Lake Road and Old Midland Road, south of Klamath Falls.
First responders found the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle dead at the scene. She was later identified as 38-year-old Rashonda Monique Kazen of Klamath Falls.