Images taken from camera stills, courtesy Washington County Sheriff’s Office Update: The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said that a suspect had been located, but did not yet specify if he had been charged with any crime. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on a person caught on camera[Read More…]
Tillamook State Forest
Oregon City resident killed in Highway 6 crash near summit
A Life Flight Network helicopter flies over Gales Creek toward the crash on Sunday, September 12. Photo: Chas Hundley An Oregon City resident is the latest person killed in a vehicle crash on Highway 6 between Banks and Tillamook this summer. According to the Oregon State Police, the crash occurred[Read More…]
Helicopter crashes in Tillamook Forest area
Photo from the scene courtesy Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office A helicopter crashed in a remote area in the Tillamook Forest area in Tillamook County Wednesday morning, the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office said. Responding around 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 8, the sheriff’s office and other agencies found the helicopter in a[Read More…]
Tillamook Forest Center to remain closed through 2021
The Tillamook Forest Center. Photo: Chas Hundley The Tillamook Forest Center will remain closed through the rest of the year, the Oregon Department of Forestry said Tuesday. “The closure is in place to help limit exposure to COVID-19 and to protect our entire community, to comply with state office closures,[Read More…]
Crews mopping up fully lined 74 acre Cedar Butte Fire
Aircraft support at the Cedar Butte Fire. Photo: ODF The Cedar Butte Fire is now 74 acres, crews have fully lined the fire, and are now focused on containment and mop up. In what the Oregon Department of Forestry said would likely be their last update on the fire in[Read More…]
Cedar Butte Fire remains at 60 acres as crews expect to begin mopping up this weekend
The Cedar Butte Fire. Photo: ODF Friday afternoon update The Cedar Butte Fire remains at 60 acres, the Oregon Department of Forestry said Friday afternoon. “Ground crews made excellent progress today, working through hot, dry conditions to extend lines around almost the entirety of the fire’s perimeter,” a press release[Read More…]
Cedar Butte Fire grows to 60 acres
Photo from the scene courtesy ODF In an afternoon update regarding the Cedar Butte Fire, the Oregon Department of Forestry said the wildfire had grown from an estimated 50 acres to 60 acres, calling the growth “moderate” as it burns largely within slash in the unit it started in. Crews[Read More…]
Cedar Butte Fire is burning in the Tillamook State Forest 18 miles east of Tillamook
Photo from the scene courtesy ODF Update, 3:40 p.m.: The fire is now estimated to be at around 40 acres in size, and the Hagg Lake closure has been extended until 8:30 p.m. Wednesday to allow Single Engine Air Tankers to scoop water from the lake. The park surrounding the[Read More…]
Eastern part of Tillamook State Forest and surrounding areas to enter ‘Extreme Fire Danger’ Wednesday
The Gales Creek Overlook in the Tillamook State Forest on July 14, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley Facing another heat wave, the Oregon Department of Forestry will move fire danger to “extreme” in the eastern portion of the Tillamook State Forest and surrounding ODF-protected areas, and prohibit a number of activities[Read More…]
Behind fire lines at the Game Hog Creek Fire
These trees experienced such high temperatures as flames burned beneath them that their needles died. The torched trees may pose a future fire hazard. Game Hog Creek Fire, July 22 2021, Photo: Chas Hundley Parked across Idiot Creek Road on Thursday, July 22, Oregon Department of Forestry’s Terry Hudnall was[Read More…]
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