Banks Fire District Engine 16 heads toward the Powerline Fire on Tuesday, September 8. Photo: Chas Hundley
Here is this morning’s fire update. We’ll continue daily fire updates
A sign on Highway 6 noting "Extreme" fire danger on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley
The Oregon Department of Forestry plans to keep all forests under
South Fork Forest Camp entrance in November 2017. Photo: Chas Hundley
At least 124 inmates from the South Fork Forest Camp, a joint Oregon Department of Corrections and Department of
Smoke hovers above Gales Peak on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley
Here are the most recent updates from official sources regarding local Washington County and Clackamas County fires.
Smoke from the Powerline Fire rises near Hagg Lake on Tuesday, September 8. Photo: Chas Hundley
The final update, barring an unforeseen change in conditions, from the Oregon Department of
Undated Oregon State Fire Marshal Jim Walker. Photo: OSP
Oregon is in the midst of one of, if not the, worst fire seasons experienced in modern Oregon history. Today, without
Schlegel Hall in Banks. File Photo: Chas Hundley
UPDATE Sept 10, 8:20 p.m.: In a phone call to the Banks Post, Josh Rhoden, Head Coach of the Clackamas
A "Super Scooper" plane fights the Powerline Fire near Cherry Grove. Photo taken from ODF video
Beginning Friday, September 11 at 1 a.m., logging and other industrial
Groner K-8 school in Scholls on Wednesday, September 9. Photo: Brad Burke
The sky is a sickly yellow-orange this morning from the sunlight filtering through air choked with smoke and
A helicopter made an emergency landing at Hagg Lake after experiencing a mechanical failure on Wednesday, September 9. Photo: WCSO
The Powerline Fire south of Hagg Lake is roughly 50%
The Gales Creek Overlook in the Tillamook State Forest. File photo: Chas Hundley//Banks Post
The Tillamook State Forest is closed to the public, as are other forestlands protected by
