The past weekend’s significant rain event led to remarkably low fire activity and high humidities on the number of wildfires burning in Douglas County.
The past weekend’s significant rain event led to remarkably low fire activity and high humidities on the number of wildfires burning in Douglas County.
TILLER — The Smith Fire continues to be a problem for firefighters on the Devil’s Knob Complex, having grown to 45,088 acres as of Monday night.
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GLIDE — A 20-acre fire reported shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday caused local officials to issue several evacuation notices.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has issued a Level 3 "GO!" evacuation order for all residents living in the area of Ash Valley as a result of the Smith Fire, the largest fire burning on the Devil's Knob Complex north of Tiller.
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The Chaos and Smith fires burning on separate complexes continue to eat acreage on the Umpqua National Forest.
Fire officials with the Douglas Forest Protective Association and Bureau of Land Management have officially announced the Skyline Ridge Complex of wildfires burning east of Canyonville to be 100% contained as of Monday.
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield, wasn’t pulling any punches as he talked with The News-Review Monday about COVID-19, transportation and climate change.
The Douglas Forest Protective Association and North Douglas County Fire & EMS were dispatched to a natural cover fire burning along Interstate 5 northbound near Curtin early Wednesday evening.
The Smith Fire on the Devil’s Knob Complex burning north of Tiller has more than doubled in size since Friday and remained on the move to the north and east Wednesday.
Crews continue efforts to contain the Jack, Rough Patch Complex fires that have both seen a growth of 2,000 acres in size since Thursday.
The Devil's Knob Complex of wildfires burning in southern Douglas County grew by 1,000 acres Wednesday and the Rough Patch Complex northeast of Glide added 3,000 acres, according to reports from their respective incident command teams.
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The Devil’s Knob Complex of wildfires burning on the Tiller Ranger District of the Umpqua National Forest saw significant growth Monday and Tuesday, jumping up to 15,694 acres as of Wednesday morning.
Crews reported success over the weekend after backburning in the footprints of the Rough Patch Complex and Jack fires.
CANYONVILLE — Four firefighters suffered minor injuries from a rollover crash that happened Wednesday morning.
As smoke continues to choke the Umpqua Basin, fire crews are making steady progress on the Skyline Ridge Complex of wildfires burning east of Canyonville.
The Oregon State Fire Marshal has dispatched structural fire resources to help protect homes directly impacted by the Poole Creek Fire, the largest fire on the Skyline Ridge Complex burning east of Canyonville.
The Poole Creek Fire on the Skyline Ridge Complex east of Canyonville has grown to 2,350 acres, while several other fires assigned to that complex are no longer posing a threat to area residents.
The Jack Fire, first reported on July 5, has burned 23,644 acres. Crews have gained 54% containment on the blaze.
The Douglas Forest Protective Association responded to one confirmed lightning fire caused by a powerful cell that passed over Elkton Thursday morning.
CANYONVILLE — The Skyline Ridge Complex of fires grew by nearly 500 acres Wednesday, and crews have yet to gain any notable containment of the cluster of fires burning 5 miles east of Canyonville.
With the month-old Jack Fire seeing minor growth, crews have been forced to shift their focus to the Rough Patch Complex and new lightning fires outside the perimeter of both blazes east of Glide.
The Poole Creek Fire grew to an estimated 500-700 acres Tuesday, the largest fire of the Skyline Ridge Complex of fires burning in southern Douglas County.
Fire crews are working to contain 19 new wildfires known as the Rough Patch Complex, which were identified Thursday roughly 15 miles north of the existing Jack Fire burning east of Glide.
The Douglas Forest Protective Association is currently working on approximately 20 new fires, which are believed to be sparked by a lightning storm that rolled over central Douglas County Sunday evening.
Lightning stressed firefighting resources, but crews battling the Jack Fire continued to hold fire lines around the 22,491-acre fire.
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield, and U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are pressing for additional relief for farmers and ranchers who lost crops or livestock to the drought, heatwave and wildfires that have plagued the West this summer and last.
There are six confirmed fires near Glide and Drew following lightning strikes in the area, according to the Douglas Forest Protective Association.
The Jack Fire east of Steamboat was estimated at 19,979 acres as of Friday morning and is at 56% containment.
Fire crews continue to work on controlling the southeastern edge of the Jack Fire burning between Steamboat and Dry Creek in the area near Apple Creek and Horseshoe Bend campgrounds.
Fire crews continue to make headway in corralling the Jack Fire, which was at 55% containment as of Wednesday morning.
The Jack Fire burning between Steamboat and Dry Creek along Highway 138 East has reached 55% containment as of Tuesday morning.
IDLEYLD PARK — The Jack Fire burning between Steamboat and Dry Creek grew to an estimated 15,248 acres Wednesday due in large part to intentional burn operations to help fortify existing containment lines.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has lowered a number of its evacuation orders from Steamboat to Clearwater Village along Highway 138 East as fire crews begin to get the upper hand on the Jack Fire.
