Banks Fire District Engine 16 heads toward the Powerline Fire. Photo: Chas Hundley
Oregon’s wildland firefighters became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, March 29 in Washington County,
Banks Fire District Brush Rig 13 and a crew of three prepare to head to California for a similar deployment in 2019. Photo: Banks Fire District
Brush Rig 13, two
A sign noting forest closures on Lousignont Road in Timber on Wednesday, September 16. Photo: Chas Hundley
The Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests are expected to reopen to public use
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
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
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
Roy-area farms, taken in 2015. Photo: Chas Hundley
A brush fire is burning in Roy on Chalmers Lane near Roy Road, according to Forest Grove Fire and Rescue.
According to
ODF offices in Forest Grove. Photo: Chas Hundley
OREGON - Fire season began July 1 for the Gales Creek area beginning July 1, and as of Monday, July 6, the
Banks Fire District Brush Rig 13 and a crew of three prepare to head to California in 2019. Photo: Banks Fire District
NW OREGON - The Oregon Department of Forestry
