Campfire ban for much of Oregon
7/29/2021 1:31:56 PM
CATEGORIES:
Fire
Relief, Response & Restrictions
AFFECTED AREAS:
Oregon
Baker County, OR
Clackamas County, OR
Crook County, OR
Deschutes County, OR
Douglas County, OR
Gilliam County, OR
Grant County, OR
Harney County, OR
Hood River County, OR
Jackson County, OR
Jefferson County, OR
Klamath County, OR
Lake County, OR
Lane County, OR
Linn County, OR
Malheur County, OR
Marion County, OR
Morrow County, OR
Multnomah County, OR
Sherman County, OR
Umatilla County, OR
Union County, OR
Wallowa County, OR
Wasco County, OR
Wheeler County, OR
Start Date: 7/22/2021
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A campfire ban took effect in Oregon on July 22 in all state-managed parks and forests east of Interstate 5, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. Open flames were prohibited, but portable stoves and lanterns with liquid fuel were permitted. The new fire restriction was intended to preserve the state’s strained firefighting resources for “existing large fires as well as new blazes that may emerge” as fire conditions were more like that of late summer.
Nearly a half of a million acres have burned in Oregon since the July 4th weekend.
Salem Statesman-Journal (Ore.), July 21, 2021
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