Central Point, Ore. –  Crews with the Oregon Department of Forestry will be searching for lightning-sparked fires Wednesday. Reconnaissance aircraft with ODF’s Southwest Oregon District lifted off from their Central Point headquarters to aid with ground searches already patrolling since ...

Lakeview, Ore. – Over the past two days, fire crews in southwest Oregon have responded to over 90 smoke reports in Klamath and Lake Counties. The South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership said 200 wildland firefighters are working to suppress ...

A powerful storm peppered the Klamath Basin with lightning Monday night, sparking fires and knocking out power to thousands. The storm rocked Klamath Falls shortly after sundown. “We’re going to be extremely busy today,”said Randall Baley of the Oregon Department ...

Brian Gailey Photography shared these dramatic photos of the lightning bolts striking the ground in Klamath Falls on July 24, 2017. You can check out more of Brian’s lightning photography and other works on his website: http://www.briangailey.com ...

Lakeview, Ore. – Crews are continuing to respond to multiple fire caused by lightning strikes east of Klamath Falls. Between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Monday, fire personnel responded to over 50 dispatches, according to the South ...

Klamath National Forest, Calif. – Crews are monitoring a lightning-caused fire deep in the Marble Mountain Wilderness in northern California. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the Island Fire started in the Klamath National Forest on June 25 14 approximately ...

Klamath Falls, Ore. – Crews are working to control two lightning-caused fires in Lakeview Bureau of Land Management lands. The South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnerships said the 194-acre Gerber Flat Fire was reported on Monday afternoon, followed by the ...

Klamath County, Ore. – A lightning-caused fire is burning in steep terrain two miles east of Beatty, Oregon. The South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership (SCOFMP) said on Monday crews are working to hold existing lines on the 4.8-acre Medicine ...

Garfield County, Utah (CNN/KSL/KUTV) – Wildfires continue to tear through parts of the western U.S., and the region’s dry conditions are literally fanning the flames. Fire operations spokesperson Erin Darboven said, “We had a lot of calls from the public ...

Central Point, Ore. – Firefighters tackled 16 fires caused by Sunday’s storm on Oregon Department of Forestry protected lands. The lightning-caused fires in Jackson and Josephine Counties were kept small, according to officials with ODF’s Southwest Oregon District. On Monday, ...

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