Powerful winds and hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms rattled eastern Oregon and Idaho Wednesday afternoon, cutting power and stoking fires, including one in Oregon that is already ...

Hot weather, gusty winds and extreme lightning activity have spread critical fire conditions across parts of Oregon, fueling the Durkee Fire in the eastern part of the state, the nation’s ...

Oregon's Durkee Fire — the largest active blaze in the U.S. — has burned more than 268,500 acres of land. And while that amount of lost land poses an aggressive and dangerous threat ...

with Oregon's Durkee fire so large that it is creating its own weather. Twenty-four major fires were burning across Oregon under record-breaking dry conditions as the state entered its 76th day ...

Here’s what you need to know. This year, wildfire touched over 1.9 million acres, making it Oregon’s most destructive fire season in modern times in terms of acres burned. The season started ...

A massive wildfire had charred more than 2,415 acres in central Oregon as of Wednesday morning, a rapid increase from 1,700 acres Tuesday evening, authorities said. The Darlene 3 Fire was 30% ...

The Darlene 3 Fire burning outside La Pine in Deschutes County reached 3,889 acres Thursday and did not grow overnight into Friday. Central Oregon Fire Info reported the fire was at 42% containment.

“The next 24 to 36 hours are going to be extremely challenging with the weather forecast calling for thunderstorms to move across the state,” the Oregon Fire Marshal said in a post on social medi ...

(KOIN) — With the 2024 wildfire season underway, Oregon Department of Emergency Management ... Your cell phone or landline, your TV, EAS (emergency alert system) radio and your neighbor.

the Oregon state fire marshal on Sunday issued a statement rejecting misinformation claiming firefighters were turned away because of emissions testing for equipment. "To be clear: This is false ...