Oregon has had hundreds of fires break out so far this year, and many are still ongoing with a month left in the fire season. Here's the latest on each major fire.
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The 2026 season is running substantially ahead of 2025 by acreage, with ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It could be a very challenging weekend for fire crews working the two dozen active wildfires east of the Cascade Mountains. A red ...
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. According to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), 101 new fires ...
Major wildfires across the Pacific Northwest have displaced more than 65,000 residents, destroyed hundreds of structures and burned more than 250,000 acres in Washington and parts of neighboring ...
The Grasshopper Fire burning in Oregon's Mount Hood National Forest has expanded to 21,126 acres and remains 0% contained as of Thursday. Hundreds of firefighters continue battling flames in steep ...
The Grasshopper and Austin fires burning near Mount Hood both brought new evacuations on Aug. 11 as the two blazes showed significant growth. The Grasshopper Fire was "very active" on Aug. 10 and grew ...
Oregon’s new megafires roared to between 100,000 and 300,000 acres in the grassland of southeast Oregon on July 30, while some older blazes are gradually coming under control. The fast-spreading ...
The number of acres burned by Oregon wildfires this summer is creeping toward the modern record, despite at least two months remaining in the season. Oregon had burned 1.78 million acres as of July 29 ...
Oregon had 1.5 million acres of active wildfire burning July 28 mainly in central and eastern Oregon, and the 32 large wildfires have taken an increasing toll on the state. A total of 23 homes have ...
As the calendar flips to August, Oregon is moving into a new chapter of this year's historic wildfire season. In central and eastern Oregon, many of the largest and most dangerous wildfires have ...