2026 Oregon wildfires

U.S. Forest Service law enforcement are seeking information from the public as they investigate the cause of the fires that started on Friday, Oct. 16 on the slopes of Three Fingered Jack near Santiam Pass.

With cooler weather and recent rainfall, fire season is officially over in Lane County as of midnight on Friday, Oct. 16.

Officials from the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Lane Fire Defense Board are reminding residents that fire season is not over, and backyard burning is still prohibited.

The Forest Service is using a new fast-track policy to log 5,000 acres burned by the Akawa Butte Fire in Central Oregon, sparking pushback over brief public review.

Gov. Tina Kotek has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on Tuesday to honor Jesús Eduardo Olimpo Gutiérrez Toral, who died fighting the Austin Fire in Clackamas County.

Oregon lawmakers meet in Salem to consider over $120 million for wildfire costs as fire season continues, alongside data privacy and public defense issues.

Oregon relies on incarcerated firefighters for record-breaking wildfire seasons, offering skills and purpose despite low pay and safety risk concerns.

While the Bench Fire in Oregon has been largely contained, its effects are still being felt. A ranching couple on the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon are needing help caring for their cattle and wild horses, after the fire destroyed their grazing land.

Authorities remind drone operators: flying over wildfires could mean fines, prison time

The Wasco County blaze is one in a series of fires that have burned large swaths of Oregon, straining local resources and piling on the emotional toll on residents.

While crews continue to mop up the Bench and Round Butte wildfires on Oregon’s Warm Springs Reservation, a relief drive is underway to help affected horses and livestock.

In the final hours of work before members of Congress went on recess for five weeks, a bill backed by Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden to relieve natural disaster survivors from paying federal income taxes on their recovery settlements and lawyers fees passed against unexpected odds.