Oregon fire forces evacuations, highway closure | Inquirer News

Oregon fire forces evacuations, highway closure

/ 10:14 AM July 03, 2018

A firefighter scrambles to stop a wildfire as wind drives embers across Highway 20 near Clearlake Oaks, Calif., on Sunday, July 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Authorities have ordered people in about 50 homes to evacuate due to a wildfire north of Bend, Oregon, in Warm Springs.

KTVZ-TV reports a smoldering fire near the former Warm Springs wood mill sparked a fire in high winds Monday afternoon that also shut down Highway 26 near the Deschutes River.

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It wasn’t immediately known how much land had burned.

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Warm Springs tribal assistant fire management officer William Wilson says the fire jumped the highway and was moving toward a neighborhood on the reservation where the evacuation notices were issued.

Other people in nearby homes have been told to be set to leave.

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Wilson said the mill fire has been burning since last year in areas of sawdust and bark where firefighters typically don’t go because of associated hazards.  /kga

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