State says fire season over for half of Oregon
Half of Oregon is officially free of fire season, while the state’s eastern and southern regions need significantly more rain before they’re in the clear, experts say.
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Half of Oregon is officially free of fire season, while the state’s eastern and southern regions need significantly more rain before they’re in the clear, experts say.
Conditions remain likely for more blazes in areas of Oregon and Washington suffering from extreme drought, said Ian Rickert, regional fire management planning specialist for the U.S. Forest Service and
Near Oakridge, fire crews are mopping up one incident, and working to rein in a couple others, as a dozen-wildfire suppression operation called the Middle
OAKRIDGE, Ore. — A firefighter who died Monday while battling a wildfire southeast of Eugene, Ore., has been identified as Frumencio Ruiz Carapia of Medford, Ore.
The Lane County Sheriff's Office says that 56-year-old Frumencio Ruiz Carapia was hit by a falling tree while working on the eastern edge of the Gales Fire on Monday.