Jackson County, Ore. – Jackson County Fire District 3 responded to a grass fire on Butte Falls Highway north of Eagle Point around 1:30 Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters said a resident had burned a pile of debris earlier on in the ...
Portland, Ore. – As fire season approaches, the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service remind the public that fireworks and exploding targets are banned on all BLM lands and National Forests in Oregon and Washington. The BLM said ...
Weed, Calif. — Fire crews and changing weather conditions are helping to snuff a wildfire just two miles outside of town. Both firefighters and residents of the town say nerves are still very much frayed from the fire that destroyed ...
Harford, Conn. (WTIC/CNN) — When Josi Aponte graduated magna cum laude from Eastern Connecticut State University on Tuesday. She had a big cheering section in the crowd at the XL Center. Josi said, “I was most happy when I would ...
Ashland, Ore. — If you’re seeing smoke near Ashland, it’s another controlled burn. The 20-acre prescribed burn on Ashland Loop Road scheduled for Tuesday is expected to provide experience for the Ashland Prescribed Fire Training Exchange. There’s another burn scheduled ...
Eagle Point, Ore. — Firefighters with Jackson County Fire District Three got some rural fire training in Sunday morning. Crews took turns responding to this house on Brophy road in Eagle Point, putting out numerous blazes throughout the building. The ...
Central Point, Ore. — A Central Point home is intact after fire crews were able to stop a quick-spreading tree fire. Firefighters with Fire District 3 responded to Juniper Avenue around 6:00 Wednesday night. They say a number of cypress ...
Jackson County, Ore. – Smoke from controlled burns may be visible across the Rogue Valley starting on Thursday. The U.S. Forest Service said that smoke from the prescirbed burns will likely be seen by people in Medford, Phoenix, Talent, Ashland, ...
Central Point, Ore. – Firefighters responded to a fuel reduction burn that got out of control on Wednesday afternoon near Central Point. According to Jackson County Fire District 3, a landowner was conducting the burn along Scenic Avenue when ...
Jackson County, Ore. — Smoke from a prescribed burn billowed above Ashland on Tuesday, just one of many scheduled fuel reduction efforts across the Rogue Valley. According the the U.S. Forest Service, the burn above Ashland took place on City ...