Governor Kate Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act this morning in response to the Double Creek Fire burning near the community of Imnaha in Wallowa County. This declaration allows the Office of…
Rum Creek holds through the cold front
A cold front moved past the Rum Creek Fire late on Friday, bringing gusty winds. The winds were strongest on the ridges and in drainages with a west-east alignment, with gusts recorded…
Rum Creek Fire containment grows to 12%
Crews continue to make progress at the Rum Creek Fire with containment reaching 12 percent. A Red Flag Warning is in effect today from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Strong gusty winds…
Progress on the Rum Creek Fire
MERLIN, Ore. – Firefighters continue to concentrate on the east side of Rum Creek Fire, focusing on areas of slop-over from Tuesday evening. Yesterday and overnight, crews established new fire lines and…
Fire activity increases on Rum Creek fire in Josephine County
Overnight, the Rum Creek fire pushed across the line on the east side of the fire near McKnabe Creek, burning several hundred acres. Resources are being shifted to this area to corral…
Work continues on Rum Creek Fire, OSFM sends two additional task forces
Monday, two structural task forces, one from Central Oregon and one from Marion County, mobilized to the Rum Creek Fire in Josephine County. The OSFM mobilized its Blue Incident Management Team, 12…
Firefighters work to build containment lines, protect homes near the Rum Creek fire
Firefighters are making good progress protecting homes, other buildings, and establishing control lines to contain the Rum Creek Fire’s spread. Crews are constructing a series of direct and indirect control lines on…
Oregon State Fire Marshal mobilizes additional structural resources to the Rum Creek Fire
The Rum Creek Fire in Josephine County is threatening lives, structures, and property as fire behavior continued to increase over the last few days. Saturday, the Oregon Office of State Marshal (OSFM)…
Rum Creek Fire grows to 8,000 acres pushed by gusty winds
With the growing complexity of the Rum Creek Fire, the Northwest 13 Incident Management Team was joined by two state agencies to form a unified command of the suppression operation. At end…
Additional resources ordered for Rum Creek Fire
Firefighters worked through the night to protect the area between Rand and Galice, and aerial reconnaissance this morning confirmed no structures or homes were lost in those communities. Additional resources were ordered,…