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Current Active Wildfires
Another wildfire is burning in Northern California this week, with reports of 25% containment.
The Copperfield Fire outside Chiloquin remains at 3,822 acres and has reached 86% containment.
Although a spell of cooler August weather helped firefighters across the state subdue many of Oregon’s biggest wildfires in recent weeks, high winds could easily undo the progress.
Eight homes and 19 other buildings are confirmed to have burned in the Copperfield Fire in Klamath County.
A wildfire in Klamath County is burning 877 acres just five miles west of Crescent Lake Junction.
Evacuation orders are in place for hundreds of residents in the vicinity of the Copperfield Fire, 10 miles east of Chiloquin.
The Copperfield Fire, centered about five miles southeast of Chiloquin, had grown to 2,500 acres by Monday morning.
As the Middle Fork Fire continues burning in the northwest corner of Crater Lake National Park, access remains possible only from the South Entrance because of the ongoing closure of the North Entrance Road.
The North Entrance to Crater Lake National Park remains closed to allow firefighters on the Middle Fork Fire to prepare control lines along the North Entrance Road.
August is turning out to be a smoky month in Oregon.
Gov. Tina Kotek is seeking federal relief for farmers and ranchers in two-thirds of Oregon counties impacted by wildfires and smoke this summer, with the potential to add more counties to the list.
LAKEVIEW — A lightning fire spotted in Lakeview on Tuesday evening has grown to an estimated size of 17,400 acres by Wednesday night.
The wildfire season in Oregon has likely not yet peaked and already 1.3 million acres have been blackened or are ablaze, with 34 large fires burning.
Dozens of wildfires in Central, Southern and Eastern Oregon continue to burn this week, leaving firefighting resources “stretched thin.”
VALE — A faint smell of smoke permeated the air and orange, smoke-filtered sunlight fell on Vale Elementary School as most of the team that has managed the response to two massive wildfires in eastern Oregon was preparing to leave after two weeks of duty.
Evacuation orders are in place for some Klamath County residents as a wildfire near Sprague River continues to burn.
A Siskiyou County wildfire in Klamath National Forest is ravaging more than 15,000 acres as of Monday morning, a growth of 5,000 acres since Friday.
The Shelly Fire in Klamath National Forest has exceeded 10,000 acres and remained just 1% contained, U.S. Forest Service officials reported Friday.
The Shelly Fire raging in Klamath National Forest has nearly doubled in size since Monday.
The Shelly Wildfire in Klamath National Forest is expected to be a "long-duration fire" according to fire officials.
