Banks Fire crews, already tackling a 1/2 acre brush fire north of Banks, are also responding to a separate fire NW of Timber near North Fork Wolf Creek Road.
About two-thirds of the fire departments across Oregon – all smaller agencies – received up to $35,000 to hire more firefighters during the season, including the Banks Fire District.
After two weeks battling wildfires in Texas, a strike team sent by the Oregon Department of Forestry headed home—and were immediately replaced by a second team of Oregon firefighters, including two local firefighters based out of the Forest Grove District.
The Oregon Department of Forestry sent a strike team of 16 firefighters and five engines to Amarillo, Texas Friday to aid the state's firefighters as they grapple with massive wildfires, including one crew member who works out of the local Forest Grove District.
Fire danger in this corner of the state has lowered enough that the Oregon Department of Forestry plans to reduce the fire danger level for public use restrictions to moderate (blue) Tuesday morning in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA) region.
The Oregon Department of Forestry said fire danger would be raised to “High” (yellow) in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA) region Friday morning.
According to a social media post from the fire agency, a vegetation fire began burning in timber slash and brush shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday at a location near NW Pumpkin Ridge Road.
