New lightning fires engulf 16,000 acres in Central Oregon July 01 2021 The Rattlesnake Fire at the South Junction campground is estimated at 4,700 acres with no containment. A lightning storm passed through Central Oregon Wednesday, June 30 and early Thursday, July 1, blanketing the landscape with hundreds of lightning strikes and localized precipitation. Crews worked through the night on several fires and have picked up five new starts Thursday morning. An update from Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch at noon July 1 reports that the largest fire in Central Oregon remains the Wrentham Market Fire currently estimated at 10,000 acres east of Dufur in Wasco County. The Oregon State Fire Marshall Team with assistance from the Central Oregon Fire Management Service fire officials, is responding to the fire burning on unprotected lands in the Columbia Rural Fire Protection District. The Wasco County Sheriff's Office issued Level 3 evacuation notices Wednesday for homes in the area, impacting 70 to 100 people.