This map shows the main wildfire events near the Santiam Canyon during the Labor Day fires. It includes the Lionshead Fire, Riverside Fire and Santiam-Beachie Fire, which includes the combined ...

Embers drifting in from another big fire – not downed power lines – ignited out-of-control flames in the Santiam Canyon that killed five people, burned hundreds of thousands of acres and destroyed ...

Investigators found no evidence of powerline ignitions causing the deadly and destructive 2020 Labor Day fires in Santiam ...

In a report from the Oregon Department of Forestry, investigators say powerlines did not help spread the Santiam Canyon Fire during the 2020 Labor Day wildfires.

A new state report contradicts a Multnomah County jury's 2023 conclusion that PacifiCorp was responsible for wildfire that tore through the Santiam Canyon in September 2020. The jury's ...

Santiam Canyon Fire was sparked by embers from the Beachie Creek Fire, not by downed power lines as previously suspected.

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Electrical equipment was not the main cause of the devastating Santiam Canyon wildfire in 2020, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Oregon Department of ...

One of the most destructive wildfire events in Oregon history, which killed five and burned hundreds of homes, was caused by embers raining down on the Santiam Canyon and not downed power lines ...