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 ...

Eligible homeowners and renters can have deputy state fire marshal or fire department member point out fire risks around their homes.

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The first weekend of astronomical spring is bringing a fresh severe weather threat to the mid-Mississippi Valley and the Southeast, according to The Weather Channel. While the upcoming system isn ...

A new report on the 2020 Santiam Fires says major fires in the Gates, Mill City and Lyons area were not caused by downed power lines. The report blames embers from the previously burning Beachie ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A newly released Oregon Department of Forestry report says that downed power lines were not the cause of the deadly Santiam Canyon Fire in Sept. 2020. Investigators ...

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - 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. In the report ...

Oregon Department of Forestry investigators have determined that the 2020 Santiam Canyon fire was not caused by downed power lines as plaintiffs’ attorneys have alleged but rather by hot embers ...

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 ...

SANTIAM JUNCTION, Ore. — Investigators found no evidence of powerline ignitions causing the deadly and destructive 2020 Labor Day fires in Santiam Canyon, according to a recent Oregon Department ...

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 ...