featured top story
Firefighters increased containment of the Bear Flat Fire, burning in the Klamath River Canyon about 9 miles southwest of Keno.
Current Active Wildfires
featured top story
Strong winds pushed the Antelope Fire, which had been burning in Siskiyou County, Calif., north toward the Oregon border on Thursday causing authorities to issue a string of new evacuation orders. As of Friday afternoon, the fire was 143,512 acres.
Due to the Antelope Fire escaping containment and encroaching the western boundary of the park, much of Lava Beds National Monument is now closed to visitors.
The Cougar Peak Fire, burning approximately 15 miles northwest of Lakeview, doubled in size Thursday night to 83,339 acres after exhibiting “significant fire activity,” according to a news release from fire crews. The fire is burning primarily to the northeast on the Lakeview Ranger District…
Due to gusty winds and lightning, several new fire starts have sprouted up around the Bootleg Fire burn area, two of which were causing evacuations in the Bly Mountain area.
featured top story
Days of cloud cover and light rain has enabled fire crews to make significant progress battling the Bootleg Fire. As of Sunday morning, containment had jumped to 74 percent.
featured top story
Jamie Knight, a public information officer for the Oregon Department of Forestry, said there are a couple of different ways that fire crews utilize aircraft on incidents such as the Bootleg Fire.
featured top story
Crews are fighting a structure and wildfire southwest of Chiloquin on Monday afternoon.
featured top story
Evacuation levels for areas affected by the Cutoff Fire burning near Bonanza were reduced by county officials at noon on Monday.
More stories
The Cougar Peak Fire, which was discovered on Sept. 7, has grown to 83,339 acres, burning about 15 miles northwest of Lakeview on the Fremont-Winema National Forest. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
featured top story
Strong winds pushed the Antelope Fire, which had been burning in Siskiyou County, Calif., north toward the Oregon border on Thursday causing authorities to issue a string of new evacuation orders. As of Friday afternoon, the fire was 143,512 acres.
Due to the Antelope Fire escaping containment and encroaching the western boundary of the park, much of Lava Beds National Monument is now closed to visitors.
The Cougar Peak Fire, burning approximately 15 miles northwest of Lakeview, doubled in size Thursday night to 83,339 acres after exhibiting “significant fire activity,” according to a news release from fire crews. The fire is burning primarily to the northeast on the Lakeview Ranger District…
LAKEVIEW – Both fires in the Fox Complex, the Patton Meadow and Willow Valley Fires, were officially contained this week and are currently in patrol status using local resources.
Crews have fully contained the Bootleg Fire, though active burning still remains in the interior of the blaze.
featured top story
Two new wildfires started by lightning late Thursday afternoon grew rapidly Friday on the edge of Klamath and Lake counties, not too far from the site of the Bootleg Fire, which until recently was the nation’s largest blaze.
featured top story
All evacuation notices related to the Bootleg and Walrus fires were lifted Monday, as firefighters continued mop up and containment work on the fires.
Due to gusty winds and lightning, several new fire starts have sprouted up around the Bootleg Fire burn area, two of which were causing evacuations in the Bly Mountain area.
Evacuation notices are in effect for new fires, called the Walrus and Yainax fires, burning in the Bly Mountain area of Klamath County.
featured top story
A local logging company was tasked with helping firefighters protect the Mitchell Monument from the Bootleg Fire, as the blaze blasted its way through the Fremont-Winema National Forest.
featured top story
Days of cloud cover and light rain has enabled fire crews to make significant progress battling the Bootleg Fire. As of Sunday morning, containment had jumped to 74 percent.
featured top story
A large sandwich, granola bars, energy bars and other “stuff like that” make up the typical sack lunch firefighters carry with them in their ongoing struggle against the Bootleg Fire.
featured top story
Gov. Kate Brown visited the nation’s largest wildfire on Wednesday, speaking with fire officials in Bly and flying over 413,000 acres of burned forest in a helicopter.
featured top story
On July 18, the Bootleg Fire generated what appeared to be a flaming tornado, sweeping skyward from the trees and into the towering thunderheads above.
featured top story
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Michael and Katie Mastagni were saddling up for another long day of tracking down their cattle over landscape scorched by the Bootleg Fire.
featured top story
Jamie Knight, a public information officer for the Oregon Department of Forestry, said there are a couple of different ways that fire crews utilize aircraft on incidents such as the Bootleg Fire.
featured top story
Many homeowners, recreationalists and ranchers heeded warnings and fled the Bootleg Fire. But some defied evacuations orders, deciding to stay put and take their chances against the nation’s largest wildfire.
featured top story
Tim and Dee McCarley drove their truck up to their property near Bly on Tuesday, days after the Bootleg Fire forced them to evacuate to a Red Cross shelter in Klamath Falls.
Three active wildfires have broken out in Siskiyou County, fueled by exceptionally dry vegetation and the current intense heat wave. Evacuation orders and warnings are in place, and much of Highway 97 is closed through the northern portion of the county.
Commented
Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles.