#Oregon fire map update update#

Around 500 other structures are threatened, with 100 destroyed by the inferno. The fire still threatens 6,100 residences, with 600 single residences destroyed, says NWCC.

#Oregon fire map update update#

Located 4 miles northwest of Ashland, this fire currently covers 3,200 acres of land, according to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center (NWCC.) As of yesterday, the fire is 70 percent contained with a morning update due at approximately 6:30 a.m. Relief is possible Friday, when a minor cold front off the Pacific could move in and reduce temperatures by 5 to 10 degrees in the area of the Rum Creek Fire, said Nieuwenhuis of the weather service.Latest map from NOAA showing fire weather warnings in Oregon today. High temperatures above the 100-degree mark are expected Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The heat wave, fueled by a high-pressure system over California and Nevada that was moving north, was forecast to strike southwest Oregon hardest Tuesday and sustain above-normal high temperatures in the area of the fire for most of the week. 'My heart breaks for the family, friends, and crew of Logan Taylor,' Brown, the governor, said in a statement Friday.

Oregon public institutions were under a gubernatorial order Monday to fly flags at half-staff in remembrance of Taylor.

10 fighting the Big Swamp Fire in Douglas County, federal officials said. Taylor was the second firefighter to die after having been struck by a falling tree in Oregon this month. 17 with a lightning strike and, the next day, claimed the life of firefighter Logan Taylor, 25, the operator of a private firefighting company contracted by the state, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry and Bureau of Land Management. We’re able to concentrate resources and put them where they’ll be most effective.' 'If it goes south, we're talking thousands of homes. 'We're pouring into that Rum Creek Fire,' he said. Scrutiny after the fires helped produce a spirit of prevention and fast attacks based on the latest mapping and forecast modeling, which can be seen in the fight against the current threat, Koenig said. The disaster inspired soul searching and a review of how fires are managed in the state. That year, firefighters across the state were spread perilously thin as they battled 1 million total acres of wildfire. Karl Koenig, the president of the Oregon State Firefighters Council, a union that represents more than 3,500 state firefighters, emergency medical services workers and other first responders, said the ashes of 2020 loom large in Oregon. The result was successful legislation last year that will provide more than $220 million for fire preparedness and modernization of firefighting tools and organizations. The population of the unincorporated community was not tracked by the U.S. In the path of the fire, if it takes a U-turn, is the resort town of Galice, named for Frenchman Louis Galice, said to have discovered gold in the area dominated by the Rogue River. It would be blowing directly into populated areas.' 'It’s not a strong wind, but it is a complete shift in direction. National Weather Service meteorologist Brian Nieuwenhuis said the shift that would have winds moving from north to south is likely Tuesday into the evening. 'The concern for the next handful of days - there's triple-digit temperatures in the forecast, and we’re going to see the potential for gusty winds that will push it south-southeast, into a very populated area,' said Kyle Reed, a spokesperson for the federal and state response. For southwest Oregon, there is concern for structures south of the Rum Creek Fire. The center warned of 'significant wildland fire potential' this week.

More than 300,000 acres have been consumed, it said in a daily report Monday. The blaze is one of 42 active wildfires in the Southwest, California, the Pacific Northwest, Idaho and Montana, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.