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Lightning storm ignites 10 new fires in Oregon, USFS deploys full suppression strategy

Firefighters were kept busy on Monday after 10 new fires were sparked by a lightning storm that swept across parts of Oregon. The US Forest Service (USFS) says currently all fires are under a full ...
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Forest Service opens up 600 fire support positions in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska

OREGON (KTVZ) -- The USDA Forest Service has announced it will be hiring nearly 600 fire support positions in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. It says these positions are vital to wildfire preparedness ...

-Showers bring relief to fire-ravaged Oregon as death toll rises in California

Intermittently heavy showers brought some relief to flame-stricken western Oregon on Friday, helping firefighters to further subdue deadly blazes that have ravaged much of the state and choked its air ...
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Danger eases as fall arrives: Forest Service, BLM ending local public use fire restrictions this weekend

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Fire officials on the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests, Crooked River National Grassland and Prineville District BLM said Friday they will end public use fire restrictions ...