8/17/2023 0 Comments Otis oregon fire map![]() The 120,000-acre Riverside Fire is southeast of both Oregon City and Portland. These weather conditions may contribute to another day of very active fire behavior. Winds on Thursday are expected to shift and begin blowing out of the west and relative humidity is expected to be in the low teens. On Wednesday fire behavior and weather conditions were still treacherous and kept firefighters from accessing many areas, but they were able to protect some structures by burning out around them to remove flammable vegetation. Evacuations are in effect the Lane County government and Linn County Sheriff’s office has more information. The Holiday Farm Fire, also known as the McKenzie Fire, has burned 144,694 acres about 14 miles east of Eugene. More information can be found on Facebook. The fire also crossed highway 22 in multiple places. ![]() Long range spotting contributed to the fire spreading for 12 miles reaching areas near Breitenbush and Detroit Lake. It is actively growing on the west side of the Cascades. The 109,223-acre Lionshead Fire started August 16 on the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation 14 miles west of the Warm Springs community and has spread to the Willamette National Forest merging into the east side of the Beachie Creek Fire. The fire organization has a Facebook page with evacuation information. The east side of the Beachie Creek Fire has merged with the Lionshead Fire. An update from the incident management team on September 9 said “mass evacuations are being planned”. Fire personnel had to evacuate their incident command post after electrical lines and transformers were destroyed during the wind event. On September 9 it was mapped at 182,000 acres and was 19 miles east of Salem. On September 6 it was 469 acres but the historic wind storm the next day caused it to grow overnight to 131,000 acres. The Beachie Creek Fire 17 miles east of Salem started August 16. The Oregon Office of Emergency Management has created an interactive website to help provide information about evacuations statewide. ![]() This a result of the confluence of several factors, including drought and lightning, along with hot, dry, and very windy weather. ![]() Governor Kate Brown said that during this fire siege the state will likely experience the greatest loss of property and lives from wildfires in its history. Map showing heat detected by satellites within the last 24 hours on fires in the Portland-Eugene area, Sept 10, 2020.Īt least 50 fires have burned over 800 square miles in Oregon, and again on Wednesday, dry, breezy weather kept them growing. ![]()
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