Wildfires, high winds, power outages from September 8, 2020CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. (KOIN) — Powerful winds with even stronger gusts continued Tuesday morning across the Willamette Valley, knocking down trees and power lines, and fanning the flames of numerous fires.Approximately 115,000 customers of the major Oregon power companies had their The high wind warning expired at 1 p.m. Tuesday, but the region will remain breezy for the next couple of days and a Red Flag Warning for increased fire danger continues through Wednesday.Many communities are enduring evacuation orders, including Jim Giordano captured video of crickets chirping at 11:00 a.m. in Turner.
Wildfires raging across Oregon, Washington may cause historic destruction: officials +'?ID={ItemId}&List={ListId}'); return false;} if(pageid == 'audit') {STSNavigate(unescape(decodeURI('{SiteUrl}'))+ Historical fire information. In Oregon, at least four major fires were burning in Clackamas County, a suburban county in Oregon that’s a bedroom community of Portland. He said they would likely “not be the only ones.” Lyons is in Marion County.The Mail Tribune in Medford reported that Jackson County Sheriff Nathan Sickler confirmed at least one death and a criminal investigation at the origin point of a wildfire that started near Ashland in southern Oregon.“We are still in the early stages,” Sickler told the newspaper. Jay Inslee said the blaze is “just one example of probably the most catastrophic fires we’ve had in the history of the state.”He said that in the last couple of days, more than 480,000 acres (194,424 hectares) burned.About 80% of the small eastern Washington farming town of Malden was levelled by flames from a fast-moving fire on Monday.In Sumner helicopters flew over a ridge, dropping water on smouldering areas. The Bobcat Fire has grown to more than 11,400 acres with no containment, according to the The fire appeared to be flaring up on the ridges above the foothill communities, leaving many residents worried, "It has the potential to come down the hill really, really quickly," Monrovia resident Gerald Pool, who was watering down his property with a hose Wednesday, told CBS LA. +'?ID={ItemId}&List={ListId}'); return false;}}, null); That combined with very dry conditions with low humidity made for a dangerous combination, bringing wildfire smoke throughout Oregon, prompted Portland General Electric to pre-emptively shut off power near Mount Hood and worried firefighters battling blazes throughout the state.A High Wind Warning is now in effect through 1 p.m. Tuesday. "Everything I owned. Here's how you can help. The entire county of nearly 420,000 people was put on notice to be ready to evacuate late Tuesday amid winds gusting up to 30 mph (48 kph).Another major fire in southern Oregon prompted evacuation orders in much of Medford, a city of about 80,000 residents near the California border.And several huge blazes burning in Marion County, southeast of the state’s capitol city of Salem, merged overnight — turning the sky blood red in the middle of the day.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. But Northwest officials said they did not recall so many destructive fires at once in the areas where they were burning.Sheriff’s deputies, travelling with chain saws in their patrol cars to cut fallen trees blocking roads, went door to door in rural communities 40 miles (64 kilometres) south of Portland, telling people to evacuate. '/_layouts/15/Reporting.aspx' Oregon Gov.
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