The Spring Fire is currently burning on the Chiloquin Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest, about 3 miles south of milepost 9 on the Sprague River Highway.

Effective Friday, all lands under jurisdiction of the South-Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership are considered "high" fire danger, according to a SCOFMP news release. 

Firefighters are making significant progress on the Sycan River and Yellow Jacket fires in Klamath County near Beatty, according to fire officials.

A new fire touched off Monday afternoon near Beatty.

The Sycan River Fire continues to burn primarily on national forest land in Klamath County, approximately 20 miles north of Beatty.

Fire officials in Klamath and Lake counties declared May 15 the official start of fire season for 2021.

Firefighters worked throughout Wednesday night to fully line the Meadow Fire, which is north of Chiloquin and started as a prescribed burn.

A prescribed fire that started Tuesday northeast of Chiloquin is now classified as a wildfire.

With morning temperatures in the high 60s and smoke filling the sky, it feels more like late summer in the Klamath Basin than the beginning of May today. Based on smoke modeling and communications from Forest Service staff, the particulates are coming from several prescribed burns in the area. 

A prescribed burn, called the North 2, was touched off at noon Tuesday near Chiloquin. It burned about 96 acres on Tuesday, according to fire officials.

Firefighters continue to make significant progress on the Ponina Fire, which continues to burn about 5 miles north of Beatty.

Firefighters made significant progress Sunday and Monday on the Ponina Fire, which is burning approximately 5 miles north of Beatty.