Source: KEZI.com LANE COUNTY, Ore. – About 315 structures have been identified as being destroyed by the Holiday Farm Fire. Lane County officials said emergency management and public safety have been assessing homes and other structures in the fire perimeter since Sunday. The Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office and an 80-person Urban Search and Rescue…
Fire Chief Thomas Lombard might be based in Tennessee but his advice is well worth listening to as we gradually return to our homes upriver. When a fire burns through an area, its path changes the environment for some time/years. As underbrush is burnt/destroyed, so is the plants that typically hold the ground together, allowing…
Keep an eye on these maps to rack the level and extent of the fires Check Lane County’s latest fire evacuation areas and levels here. The Northwest Interagency Coordination Center has a very detailed interactive Large Wildfire Map here showing the status of fires through Oregon. The Lane County website also has information on the…
If you live in and around the areas affected by the Holiday Farm Fire, please take a moment to visit the official Facebook page and mark yourself safe. Once you do, Facebook will also give you the option to see which of your Facebook friends have already marked themselves as safe and to prompt those…