SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Firefighters on Wednesday tried to contain a wildfire that burned 10,000 acres near the farming community of Dufur, Oregon. Gov. Kate Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act in response to the fire, allowing the state fire …
A pair of webcams installed above Lake Chinook will give Central Oregon its first fire lookout cameras. The high-tech images will be accessible to local firefighters on their laptops or phones. The Bend Bulletin reports the cameras provide a 360-degree …
Reckless burning charges have been filed against five men whose target practice is believed to have ignited a 35-acre wildfire in Central Oregon. Deschutes County sheriff’s Sgt. Vance Lawrence says the substance the men used in target shooting, Tannerite, is …