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GILLIAN FLACCUS and ZACH URNESS Associated Press and Statesman Journal View Comments OTIS — Wildfire smoke was thick when Tye and Melynda Small went to bed on Labor Day, but they weren't too concerned. After all, they live in a part of Oregon where ferns grow from tree trunks and rainfall averages more than 6 feet a year. But just after midnight, a neighbor awakened them as towering flames, pushed by gusting winds, bore down. The Smalls and their four children fled, leaving behind 26 pet chickens, two goldfish and a duck named Gerard as the wind whipped the blaze into a fiery tornado and ...

OTIS, Ore. — Wildfire smoke was thick when Tye and Melynda Small went to bed on Labor Day, but they weren’t too concerned. After all, they live in a part of Oregon where ferns grow from tree trunks and rainfall averages more than six feet (1.8 meters) a year. But just after midnight, a neighbor awakened them as towering flames, pushed by gusting winds, bore down. The Smalls and their four children fled, leaving behind 26 pet chickens, two goldfish and a duck named Gerard as wind whipped the blaze into a fiery tornado and trees exploded around them. When it was over, they were left homel...

Otis couple helping others rebuild after losing their own home in wildfire The Smalls have helped neighbors remove over a million pounds of debris since last year's Echo Mountain Fire. The work isn't done, but new homes are popping up. Author: Jon Goodwin Updated: 7:46 PM PDT April 19, 2021 OTIS, Oregon — Standing where her dad’s house once stood in Otis, Teresa Ganong reflects on what the Echo Mountain Fire took from her family. It’s been seven months since the fire destroyed over 280 homes. “At first when we came up here, it was a lot of despair. Now,...

Credit Chris Lehman / KLCC FEMA says it’s opened a temporary housing site in Lincoln City. The manufactured housing will serve victims of the Echo Mountain Fire, which destroyed hundreds of homes last September. FEMA says so far 106 households have moved into similar units in fire-damaged counties around the state. The agency said a total of 264 families are currently qualified for the housing, but the number fluctuates as survivors sometimes find temporary or permanent housing on their own. Tags: 

After Echo Mountain Complex Fire, Otis leads renewal with small hands and huge hearts Matthew Denis, Register-Guard Replay Video UP NEXT OTIS — Ignore the piles of twisted metal and hulking orange-red skeletons of former RVs, and a new visitor to  this coastal Lincoln County community may think it's the site of a new suburban neighborhood. Three months ago, this town on the incline up Echo Mountain bore a striking resemblance to fire-bombed European cities at the end of WWII. In mid-September, a spark ignited at the top of Echo Mountain and Otis was set ablaze. Resident...