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Aurora, Dayton fire districts: Donated trucks ready to roll

Neighboring fire departments stepped up with donations to support the Detroit-Idanha Rural Fire Protection District, which lost its ...

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Fire Chief Rainbow Plews: Loses home while saving others

With the wind blowing 70 mph in the McKenzie River drainage, Chief Rainbow Plews was quick to make ...

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Oregon Horse Center: ‘Don’t know what I would’ve done without them’

Kellie Puckett leapt from her 4×4 Gator and greeted a family unloading their horse from a trailer. “This ...

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Cindy Chauran and Deana Freres: Set up relief fund to aid wildfire survivors

Returning to Gates, Ore., was an eye-opening experience for neighbors Cindy Chauran and Deana Freres. Not only had ...

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John Quimby: Keeps fighting fires despite losing home

GLIDE, Ore. — John Quimby was operating a bulldozer on the Elkhorn Fire west of Red Bluff, Calif., ...

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Kevin Leehmann: Volunteer ranchers tackle rangeland fires

Taming the energy of a wildfire on Oregon’s high desert takes a lot of human energy and organization. ...

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Oregon National Guard: 1,300 citizen soldiers deployed

The wildfires that exploded across Oregon in late summer quickly strained all available firefighting resources, requiring Gov. Kate ...

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Saylor family: ‘The last thing I wanted to see was my community burned up’

GLIDE, Ore. — Jason Saylor didn’t have pre-approval through a fire contract to engage the Archie Creek Fire, ...

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Jesse Vermillion: ‘Trial by fire’

For one Southern Oregon student firefighter, the Almeda Fire didn’t just hit close to home — it destroyed ...

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