The Oregon Department of Transportation closed Interstate 84 from Pendleton to Ontario on Wednesday due to unpredictable fire activity in the area. The department does not have an expected opening ...

Rural areas near California's border with Oregon were under evacuation orders ... "Other routes are not recommended due to emerging fire activity and hazardous conditions," the Forest Service ...

The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office ordered residents in more than 730 homes in the surrounding area to evacuate and closed a ...

Hot weather, gusty winds and extreme lightning activity have spread critical fire conditions across parts of Oregon, fueling the Durkee Fire in the eastern part of the state, the nation’s ...

including the Durkee fire that is already the largest active blaze in the nation. The Durkee fire is burning near the Oregon-Idaho border and has caused Interstate 84 to close for a stretch.

The Darlene 3 Fire burning just outside La Pine was active on Wednesday afternoon and ... remain in place on the west side of Highway 197. An evacuation map can be found here.

Oregon's Durkee Fire — the largest active blaze in the U.S. — has burned ... their impacts as the climate evolves." Wildfire Watch: Maps and data on fires raging in western U.S. According ...

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(Chaisson has been active in politics before ... The first version of the Oregon Wildfire Risk Explorer map, published earlier this year. The state retracted the map after public outcry.