JEL
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Man.... that is terrible. Prayers to all affected.
Mtnhunter1
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@gouch, So sorry to hear this...thoughts and prayers for you and your family....along with ALL that have been and will be effected by the 2020 fires. 2020 is one hell-of-a year!
I don’t doubt it the fire I mentioned was literally set deliberately by someone who threw a lit matchbook out a car window when the Santa Ana winds were blowing in CA.
Nameless Range
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So sorry Gouch.
Just seeing some of the pictures and videos on social media this evening, it’s reminiscent of 2018’s Camp Fire, which killed over 80 people and burned nearly 20,000 structures. It almost seems like in some of these areas the most flammable things on the landscape are the houses themselves.
Just awful
Just seeing some of the pictures and videos on social media this evening, it’s reminiscent of 2018’s Camp Fire, which killed over 80 people and burned nearly 20,000 structures. It almost seems like in some of these areas the most flammable things on the landscape are the houses themselves.
Just awful
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FI460
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Sheriff confirms death investigation where Almeda Fire started
A criminal investigation is underway at the origin point of the Almeda fire in Ashland, where human remains were found, Jackson County Sheriff Nate Sickler said Wednesday. The Jackson County Major Assault and Death Investigation Unit is at the early stages of an “active criminal investigation,”...
A strange development. I was wondering why there were so many detectives walking around the neighborhood knocking on doors.
Little Big Man MT Chris
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Fire 
close to my work area , Drove up over the mountain after work and just did an hour drive up over the top I was on the northside in the fire is on the actual south side and it’s cooking up a storm over there
The only thing up where that fire is burning it’s small little farms and small Vineyards and homes of various acreage just throughout that mountain, this is once-in-a-lifetime event here where I live. And I drove past one of the local churches and I noticed that the parking lot people were driving their RVs over who lived up where the fire was and camping in the parking lot
This dandy was taken by a coworker
Yesterday on the way home when the fire Started and was getting going , this is on the south side of the mountain
And one other he took
close to my work area , Drove up over the mountain after work and just did an hour drive up over the top I was on the northside in the fire is on the actual south side and it’s cooking up a storm over thereThe only thing up where that fire is burning it’s small little farms and small Vineyards and homes of various acreage just throughout that mountain, this is once-in-a-lifetime event here where I live. And I drove past one of the local churches and I noticed that the parking lot people were driving their RVs over who lived up where the fire was and camping in the parking lot
This dandy was taken by a coworker
Yesterday on the way home when the fire
Started and was getting going , this is on the south side of the mountainAnd one other he took
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teej89
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These fires are just absolutely unreal, thoughts and prayers our to everyone involved.
A friend of my coworker, works insurance and posted telling people to video their house and all they belongings if they can before they evacuate.
A friend of my coworker, works insurance and posted telling people to video their house and all they belongings if they can before they evacuate.
Little Big Man MT Chris
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Thanks , I’m good that fire is 15 -20 minutes from Hillsboro On the outskirts of the Portland metro area , I knew some of the roads up that way , had a friend years back that lived up there so I went for a look about after work , and stuck to the roads I knew , you could be up there in 40 min or so from Portlandia
IdahoBugler
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Man so sorry to hear of the lose. I'm kind of in the mix of this mess now. We just moved my son down to Clackamas in Oregon City. I guess the fire is 15 miles to the SE of the them. The school is the Shelter Site. I'm not sure what to do if I should go get him or tell him to head north for a bit.
Scary stuff and pray for everyone involved.
Weather is suppose to come in Monday night or Tuesday.
Scary stuff and pray for everyone involved.
Weather is suppose to come in Monday night or Tuesday.
TN_Rifle_Junkie
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So sorry to hear for all the HTers in the path of these fires. Stay safe and you will remain in out thoughts.
Jim/Wa
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Last Friday my water pump crapped out in my truck causing it to overheat while hunting in a remote area up in the OR cascades. It was 10 miles or so from the Lionshead fire which had been slowly burning for several weeks. I ended up making a 20 mile round trip hike to the nearest blacktop FS road to meet a friend bringing parts. Luckily, I got it fixed late Saturday night and made my exit during the night. Two days later the area burned over and now a new fire has the road into the area completely shut down. Crazy.
Irrelevant
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not directly related to the Labor Day fires.
www.outsideonline.com
My little cousin just did the same thing to protect his house in Sumner the last couple of days.
www.q13fox.com
It's pretty crazy to think about having an emergency like a wildfire bearing down on your house and no one coming to the rescue.
My Neighbors and I Banded Together to Save Our Homes from a Wildfire
With the CZU Lightning Complex fire bearing down on them, a rogue group of citizens banded together to stay and defend their homes in the mountains above Santa Cruz, California. Here's how they fought the fire—and won.
www.outsideonline.com
My little cousin just did the same thing to protect his house in Sumner the last couple of days.
Off-duty firefighters working overtime to save Sumner homes
Articles and videos about Off-duty firefighters working overtime to save Sumner homes on FOX13 News | Seattle & Western Washington | Formerly Q13 News.
It's pretty crazy to think about having an emergency like a wildfire bearing down on your house and no one coming to the rescue.
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rtraverdavis
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That's a pretty amazing story. Thanks for sharing.not directly related to the Labor Day fires.
My Neighbors and I Banded Together to Save Our Homes from a Wildfire
With the CZU Lightning Complex fire bearing down on them, a rogue group of citizens banded together to stay and defend their homes in the mountains above Santa Cruz, California. Here's how they fought the fire—and won.
My little cousin just did the same thing to protect his house in Sumner the last couple of days.
Off-duty firefighters working overtime to save Sumner homes
Articles and videos about Off-duty firefighters working overtime to save Sumner homes on FOX13 News | Seattle & Western Washington | Formerly Q13 News.
It's pretty crazy to think about having an emergency like a wildfire bearing down on your house and no one coming to the rescue.
MarvB
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Damn this is insane...estimating that 1 in 10 Oregonians are evac’d at this point. Fires from the coast to every bordering state. My phone blew up all night, have family/close friends all throughout OR and WA and some have been asked to move three times now.
This doesn’t settle down before elk season I’m prob gonna pull the plug on heading to Challis, won’t feel comfortable leaving the Mrs living in a tinderbox!
NY Times article
This doesn’t settle down before elk season I’m prob gonna pull the plug on heading to Challis, won’t feel comfortable leaving the Mrs living in a tinderbox!
NY Times article
