Sept. 10, 2020, 1:12 p.m. We first told you about the breaking news last night at 11. Some started by the homeless camps, we don’t know why. Sheriff Joe Kast said he fears that others will be found deceased.Also in Oregon, another victim was found near the origin of the Almeda Fire that began near homes in Medford yesterday, officials said. !Nobody is bringing politics or division. This is horrible and those people should be punished. Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutThe Almeda fire has killed two people and damaged or destroyed an estimated 600 homes.A link has been sent to your friend's email address.To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Under a smoke-filled sky, volunteer Shawn Daley directs traffic into the parking lot an evacuation center at the Oregon State Fairgrounds, which was crowded with hundreds of cars, pickup trucks, and campers of evacuees, in Salem on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. All rights reserved. Thanks!I don’t think it faired well unfortunately. The fire started north of Ashland, went up the I-5, Highway 99 corridor and just took out communities, businesses, infrastructure, utilities all the way through Talent, Phoenix and up to the south end of Medford,” Rich Tyler, of the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office, said of the fire’s path and speed. Thank you . "For people and families in the evacuation areas, please listen to local calls to evacuate as needed -- these lifesaving measures can protect the lives of you and your loved ones, as well as our firefighters," Brown said.As of midday Wednesday, The Beachie Creek Fire was 132,450 acres and was 0% contained, while the Lionshead Fire was 91,754 acres and and only 5% contained.In neighboring California, the skies over Northern California turned orange as emergency personnel continued to battle multiple blazes there.More than 14,000 firefighters are currently battling the blazes across millions of acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.The destructive Creek Fire near Fresno, California, is burning at least 163,138 acres and was 0% contained as of 4 a.m. Video from the Marion County Sheriff's Office shows flames sweeping through Mill City.Several structures can be seen burning in the video.Downtown Talent, Ore. appeared to also sustain major damage as buildings were seen burning.A major evacuation center has been set up at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem as towns throughout the state have been threatened. He was a schizophrenic homeless guy, and in no way was it political. I have been listening to the scanner tooGo to the Medford Police Facebook page. The Glendower Fire started north of Ashland, Oregon Tuesday morning then spread northwest along the Interstate 5 corridor (see the map above). These are investigations, no arrests in Medford only investigations on reports. There was some grass and wildland that did burn.But “it was a conflagration of this house burning, which caused more houses to burn, which caused more houses to burn,” Tyler said.
Typed comments will be lost if you are not logged in. Only a yard statue of St. Francis of Assisi Sept. 9, 2020 survived a fire that swept through Bear Lake Estates in Phoenix, Ore. after a wildfire swept though the area.Visitors take in the scene of devastation Sept. 9, 2020 after fire swept through a neighborhood in Phoenix, Ore.A giant plume of smoke rises over the mountains east of Phoenix, Ore. as seen from Interstate 5 Sept. 9, 2020 as fires continue to burn in the area.Judy Jones, 74, of Phoenix, Oregon stands near a burned-out building next door to the mobile home park where she lived. Name calling is strongly discouraged, however the site’s administrator reserves the right to use the term “idiot” when it is richly deserved. It makes normal natural disasters way more catostrophic.Enter your email address to subscribe and receive notifications of new articles by email. Two people were found dead in a vehicle in Marion County, Oregon, Wednesday, after fire … ET. My elderly parents near Phoenix just made it out in time. It burned through parts of Talent and by 4:14 a.m. Wednesday was at Phoenix.Oregon Governor Kate Brown declared the Almeda Drive Fire a conflagration, a large fire which destroys a great deal of land or property. My thoughts to all your neighbors suffering major disruption and loss of place. simple and easy… pay attentionI must redact this statement. Also in Oregon, another victim was found near the origin of the Almeda Fire that began near homes in Medford yesterday, officials said. I’ve been charged with arson for a firework accident.