Portland Battalion Chief John Derr drove south through the night on Interstate 5, leading a caravan of four fire engines and one smaller brush rig straight to a fire charging toward the southern ...

Meanwhile, the South Obenchain Fire burning about 20 miles northeast of Medford prompted new evacuation orders Thursday afternoon as Butte Falls residents were told to pack up and go. The fire ...

8, the Almeda and South Obenchain fires started and quickly spread in Southern Oregon. The fires destroyed thousands of homes, including more than 1,000 mobile homes. The Almeda Fire in particular ...

“We can’t recover suppression costs from the Forest Service” for the Beachie Creek Fire, Hopkins said. ODF did find a 'responsible party' for Echo Mountain, South Obenchain fires In addition ...

Meanwhile, a wildlands fire northeast of the Almeda Drive has blown up. The South Obenchain Fire started Tuesday afternoon and as of Wednesday afternoon it had grown to 25,000 to 30,000 acres ...

It cited ignitions from power lines owned by PacifiCorp as cause of the fire. Most others — Riverside, Almeda, Echo Mountain, Santiam, Holiday Farm, 242 and South Obenchain fires — remain ...

A bipartisan bill moving through the Oregon Senate would prohibit private utilities from recovering wildfire costs from customers if companies are delaying lawsuits Fred Cuozzo barely made it out ...

They are also among the most devastating, only matched by Southwest Oregon’s Almeda and South Obenchain fires, and the 1936 Bandon Fire that burned much of the small coastal town.

The case centered around four wildfires: the Echo Mountain Complex fire, the South Obenchain fire, the 242 fire, and fires in the Santiam Canyon. Pacific Power released a statement that said it ...

PacifiCorp. It includes an estimated 2,500 properties and 5,000 victims impacted by the South Obenchain, Echo Mountain, 242 and Santiam Canyon fires. Before the trial started, fire victims were ...

(Photo courtesy of the Oregon Department of Transportation/Flickr) Fred Cuozzo barely made it out of the South Obenchain Fire that burned through his home, barn, pumphouse and garage in Eagle ...