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Highway 138E in Douglas County reopens after lengthy Jack Fire closure The Oregon Department of Transportation says that the Jack Fire caused relatively little damage to the highway compared to previous wildfires in the Umpqua National Forest. Posted: Jul 16, 2021 1:07 PM Posted By: Jamie Parfitt STEAMBOAT, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Transportation says that Highway 138E is now open for traffic between Steamboat and Slide Creek after a long closure that started when the Jack Fire began to spread through the area. ODOT said earlier this week that it hoped to reopen Highway 138E by thi...

Originally published on July 15, 2021 6:55 pm Even as wildfires continued to burn across Oregon on Thursday, wind offered temporary respite to many communities that have been blanketed in the heaviest wildfire smoke. But the U.S. Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program cautions there could well be more smoke to come, especially in the southern, central and eastern areas of the state. Strong winds overnight Wednesday into Thursday cleared smoke in the Klamath Falls area, which had been heavily affected by the largest wildfire now burning in the United States — the Bootleg Fi...

(The Center Square) – California is sending in firefighters to help quell Oregon's Bootleg Fire as the blaze inches ever closer to the interstate border. The 247,000-acre fire has grown at a rapid pace since it was reported on July 6. On Friday, INCIWEB showed the fast-moving inferno has grown to 326 square miles or larger than the landmass of San Diego. The wildfire, which became the nation's most extensive earlier this week, threatens more than 3,000 homes in Klamath County, where all levels of evacuation notices are in place. It is 7% contained. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom...

Crews make progress containing Jack Fire Containment is now at 20%. Posted: Jul 15, 2021 5:40 PM Updated: Jul 15, 2021 5:50 PM Posted By: KEZI Staff 11 Images DRY CREEK, Ore. – Crews are making progress in containing the Jack Fire in the Dry Creek area. On Thursday, containment grew from 15% to 20% as firefighters have secured the east, west and northwest flanks north of Highway 138. The fire has grown to more than 15,000 acres. South of the highway on the western perimeter, firefighters continue burning lines and mopping up. Aircraft are continuing to provide support to ground resources...

Oregon wildfires: Bootleg Fire explodes again with three massive smoke plumes Zach Urness, Virginia Barreda, David Davis and Wesley Lapointe, Salem Statesman Journal © U.S. Forest Service Smoke rises over the Bruler Fire. The wildfire is currently burning south of Detroit Lake. Multiple wildfires are burning across Oregon, particularly in the southern and central part of the state.  © U.S. Forest Service The Bootleg Fire is burning in the Fremont-Winema National Forest in southern Oregon. Bootleg Fire explodes again with three massive smoke plumes Updated 4:03 p.m. Wedn...