Fire threatens 7,000 structures in southwest Oregon The Associated Press and Capital Press Aug 31, 2022 Aug 31, 2022 Comments Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email A helicopter flies over the Rum Creek Fire. Inciweb Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GALICE, Ore. — The Rum Creek Fire in remote southwest Oregon had burned 12,916 acres as of Wednesday morning and is threatening thousands of homes.It is about 1% contained. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAm%96 }@CE9H6DE x?E6C286?4J r@@C5:?2E:@? r6?E6C D2:5 d[_bd 9@>6D 2?5 >@C6 E92? a[e__ @E96C DECF4EFC6D H6C6 2E C:D<[ ~C68@? !F3=:4 qC@2542DE:?8 C6A@CE65] ~77:4:2=D 92G6 D2:5 E96 7:C6 92D 56DEC@J65 @?6 9@>6 2?5 EH@ DECF4EFC6D]k^AmkAmw:89 E6>A6C2EFC6D 2?5 D9:7E:?8 H:?5D :? E96 ?6IE D6G6C2= 52JD 2C6 6IA64E65 E@ :?4C62D6 7:C6 52?86C 2?5 42FD6 E96 3=2K6 E@ 364@>6 >@C6 24E:G6[ @77:4:2=D D2:5]k^AmkAm|2?52E@CJ 6G24F2E:@?D 2C6 :? A=246 7@C 5@K6?D @7 9@>6D ?62C E96 E@H?D @7 #2?5 2?5 v2=:46] {@H6C =6G6= 6G24F2E:@?D 2C6 :? 67764E 7@C D@>6 DFCC@F?5:?8 2C62D]k^AmkAmw62GJ D>@<6 <6AE E6>A6C2EFC6D 5@H? 2?5 96=A65 :?4C62D6 9F>:5:EJ =6G6=D[ D@ 7:C6 24E:G:EJ D=@H65 @? |@?52J[ E96 FA52E6 D2:5] %96 D>@<6 2=D@ 4FCE2:=65 2:C @A6C2E:@?D 2?5 E96 7:C6 8C6H 3J ?62C=J `[hgc 24C6D]k^AmkAm|@C6 E92? `[b__ 7:C67:89E6CD 2C6 H@C<:?8 E96 3=2K6 H:E9 255:E:@?2= A6CD@??6= 2CC:G:?8] rC6HD 7C@> r2=:7@C?:2 2C6 H@C<:?8 H:E9 E96 ~C68@? $E2E6 u:C6 |2CD92= @? DECF4EFC6 AC@E64E:@?[ :?4=F5:?8 2C62D 62DE @7 E96 7:C6[ H96C6 :E :D >@DE 24E:G6[ @77:4:2=D D2:5]k^AmkAm“%96 ?:89E D9:7E H:== 4@?E:?F6 E24E:42= :8?:E:@?D[ 9@=5:?8 2?5 >@?:E@C:?8 E9C@F89@FE E96 ?:89E[” D2:5 %@> w2==[ }@CE9H6DE `b @A6C2E:@?D EC2:?66[ @? E96 x?4:H63 H63D:E6] “(6’C6 2=D@ DEC2E68:42==J A=24:?8 6?8:?6D E@ <66A 6J6D @? E96 6?E:C6 H6DE K@?6 @7 E96 7:C6]”k^AmkAmpG:2E:@? C6D@FC46D ?@H :?4=F56 2? F?>2??65 26C:2= DJDE6>[ H9:49 42? 36 7=@H? 2E ?:89E[ 244@C5:?8 E@ x?4:H63] &D:?8 :?7C2C65 E649?@=@8J[ :E 42? “D66” E9C@F89 D>@<6 E@ 82E96C C62=\E:>6 :?7@C>2E:@? 23@FE E96 24E:G6 7:C6 A6C:>6E6C]k^Am Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Oregon Official Meteorology Work Structure Northwest Interagency Coordination Center Blaze Fire Marshal Evacuation Basin Ag News Trending Now Klamath Basin business notebook: Big Lots closing all remaining locations Three youths, one man killed in head-on collision with semi-truck U.S. House fails to reauthorize 20-year-old bipartisan bill to fund rural schools, communities 4 killed in Hwy. 97 crash Motown’s Pizzeria at Klamath Community College brings taste of Detroit to Klamath Basin Support Local Journalism in Classrooms Latest e-Edition Klamath Falls Herald and News Read the latest edition of the Klamath Falls Herald and News.
