Additional evacuations were ordered (click here) then lifted Friday night as the fire burning near Lake Hughes grew to 17,482 acres with 12% containment, after destroying five structures and threatening more over the last three days.
Shortly after 5:30 p.m. Friday, the fire's flare-up forced additional evacuations for the Fairmont area east of Lancaster, where residents were told to evacuate from north of Avenue D/Highway 138, south of Avenue A, west of 150th Street West and east of 200th Street West, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Palmdale Station. The evacuations were lifted by 9:30 p.m.
Mandatory evacuations have been in effect for the area east of Ridge Route Road, west of Lake Hughes Road, north of Pine Canyon Road and Lake Hughes Road, and south of state Route 138, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Capt. Ron Shaffer of the Palmdale Station....
A wildfire (click here) that started between Hood River and The Dalles on Wednesday quickly grew, leading some residents to evacuate their homes for safety.
The Oregon Department of Forestry first reported the fire near Mosier Creek Road late Wednesday afternoon. The department estimated the fire had grown to 500 acres late that night.
August 13, 2020
By Donald Orr, Meerah Powell, Anna King and Kristian Foden-Vencil
With extreme temperatures (click here) in the forecast this weekend, crews are concerned about a wildfire burning close to a thousand acres in Wasco County as of Saturday morning. The Mosier Creek Fire is burning in a canyon of dry grass and oak trees.
With extreme temperatures (click here) in the forecast this weekend, crews are concerned about a wildfire burning close to a thousand acres in Wasco County as of Saturday morning. The Mosier Creek Fire is burning in a canyon of dry grass and oak trees.
Containment was about 30% Saturday morning. Crews said they benefited from cooler temperatures overnight and low winds that allowed them to re-establish existing fire lines.
Rich Tyler, a representative with the Oregon Fire Marshal’s Office, said crews have been able to dig a line around 75% of the fire. “That does not contain a fire, especially when we’re dealing with wind. It doesn’t take much wind to throw an ember across that line.”
The Northwest Interagency Coordination Center confirmed Thursday that the fire was human-caused. By Thursday afternoon, more than 900 people had evacuated the area, and four structures had burned since the fire started Wednesday afternoon.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Thursday issued an air quality advisory for The Dalles, Mosier and Hood River area due to smoke from the fire. The DEQ said it expects the advisory to last until at least Saturday morning.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act late Wednesday night in response to the fire, which was burning about 500 acres at the time in the Mosier Creek area of the Columbia River Gorge, between Hood River and The Dalles....
