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The Smith Fire Complex has grown over 60,000 acres and roughly 25,000 in the past week. Along with evacuation warnings and orders, residents in those areas have been moving livestock to safe locations. One location is the Josephine County Fairgrounds, and the other is run by a member of Southern Oregon Emergency Aid (SOEA).
There are roughly 50 named fires burning around Western Oregon, following a lightning storm last week that brought 1,600 lightning strikes.
There are roughly 50 named fires burning around Western Oregon, following a lightning storm last week that brought 1,600 lightning strikes.
Here's what we know about wildfires burning in Siskiyou, Trinity, Humboldt and Del Norte counties on Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- A 35-acre wildfire burning on Friday near a reservoir in the Bull Run Watershed in Clackamas County, U.S. state of Oregon, threatened Portland's drinking water.