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.
Firefighters from Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue and several other agencies joined a task force to fight the Golden Fire burning in Oregon's Klamath County Sunday.
As the region barrels toward a 90 plus degree Independence Day, a local state forestry official said that five wildfires of note have already burned in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA) region.
PGE will host dinner and a discussion about their wildfire mitigation plans and power safety shutoffs in 2023 and 2024 June 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the North Plains Elementary School.
With mid-90s temperatures in the forecast, area officials are gearing up for a spell of dangerously hot weather that will elevate wildfire risk this weekend.
The 2022 wildfire season in Oregon has been among the mildest in the last decade, with human-caused fires down nearly 20% from the 10-year average, according to state data.
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