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Take a look at the fire and smoke map from the Environmental Protection Agency and you’ll see that most of the western United States looks like something out of the apocalypse. But it’s 2021 and on top of still being in the midst of a global pandemic, the entire West is in extreme drought, and […]
Damage from this week’s wildfires across Oregon could be the largest loss of life and property ever seen from fires. So far, the many fires—some which have combined to become one mega-fire—are 0% contained. The cities of Detroit, Vida, Talent and Phoenix have been “substantially destroyed.” Officials have high hopes for tomorrow, when the winds […]
Fires raging in numerous locations around Oregon prompted Gov. Kate Brown to approve an emergency conflagration declaration Tuesday for three blazes located on the western slope of the Cascade range. Brown approved the emergency declaration—which allows the Oregon Office of the State Fire Marshal to bring in more resources—for the Beachie Creek (also called the […]
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