A wildfire burning in the Cherry Grove area has prompted the closure of Hagg Lake to allow for aircraft to land and draw water to fight the fire burning south of the lake.
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Oregon on track to set new wildfire record for acreage burned
The season has likely not peaked and already 1.3 million acres have been blackened and several dozen homes destroyed.
See where Gales Creek falls in the draft Oregon Statewide Wildfire Hazard Map
After abandoning a statewide “wildfire risk map” first published in 2022 and going back to the drawing board, a new draft map has been released to the public for input. In this part of Oregon, no properties are expected to be affected by defensible space or fire-hardening building codes because there are no high-hazard areas.
Fire crews extinguish field fire near Stringtown Road
A quarter-acre field fire off of Stringtown Road near Carpenter Creek Road was extinguished Wednesday morning, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said.
Red Flag Warning issued for Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday morning over possible thunderstorms
A Red Flag Warning issued Tuesday afternoon will be effective starting 5 p.m. Tuesday and extending through 8 a.m. Wednesday due to a chance of thunderstorms in much of Oregon east of the Coast Range.
Fire Weather Watch issued amid ‘slight chance of thunderstorms’ Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday
The Portland office of the National Weather Service issued a Fire Weather Watch for much of the Willamette Valley and Portland area over concerns of a possible thunderstorm starting Tuesday afternoon.
New wildfire hazard map will be released with few changes after yearlong makeover
A statewide “wildfire risk map” that drew the ire of many Oregonians will return in several weeks with few changes but with a new name following a yearlong makeover.
Fire danger to rise to ‘high’ Wednesday
The heat wave may be ending, but wildfire danger in northwest Oregon is increasing, prompting the Oregon Department of Forestry to move much of the region they protect in northwest Oregon to “high” fire danger starting Wednesday morning.
Fire danger to rise to ‘moderate’ July 4 as region prepares for heat wave
Just two days after fire season began in lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA), fire danger will be set to “moderate” or blue at 1 a.m. July 4 as the region braces for a four-day heat wave expected to hit beginning Independence Day.
Kansas City field fire caused by neighboring burn pile
A Kansas City field was ignited in flames after wind “likely spread embers” from a neighboring property’s illegal burn pile Tuesday afternoon, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said.
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