Oregon Wildfire Updates

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — While firefighters have made significant progress holding containment lines over the last 36 hours, taking advantage of a brief window of cooler weather to reach 8% containment on the 13,999-acre blaze, ODF South West…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Firefighters on the East Evans Creek Fire continue to battle challenging conditions as wind gusts of up to 30 mph persist. Despite the active fire behavior, cooler temperatures and increased relative humidity have…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — ODF Southwest Oregon District confirmed yesterday that the East Evans Creek fire remains active as spot fires drive suppression efforts, as firefighters continue their battle in the first major response deployment for…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A fast-moving vegetation fire at a White City biomass facility temporarily shut down local roads on Monday afternoon as a three-alarm response attended to the fire. The incident began at approximately 2:31 p.m. at…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The East Evans Creek Fire that broke out on Friday, currently managed by ODF Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) 1, has entered a more complex phase as warmer temperatures and dry conditions fueled increased…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon State Fire Marshall has mobilized four structural task forces and its Blue Incident Management Team to Jackson County to attend to the fast-moving East Evans Creek Road fire yesterday, the first major…

The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) warned that the Southwest Oregon District will be raised to "high" (yellow), with the Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL) raised to Level 2 (two) tomorrow at 12:01 a.m. Southwest Oregon…

At a meeting at the Oregon Department of State Fire Marshal (OSFM), Oregon wildfire leaders warned that the state is heading into what could be a severe 2026 wildfire season, and urged Oregonians to prepare now. Severe 2026…

The Oregon Court of Appeals sent the June 2023 James class-action wildfire verdict against PacifiCorp, related to the Labor Day 2020 wildfires, back to the original trial court yesterday after finding the court gave the jury flawed…

PacifiCorp confirmed yesterday that the utility agreed to pay $575 million to resolve the United States’ claims for damages resulting from six wildfires in Oregon and California in 2020 and 2022. Tidings Data Snapshot Federal…