2020 Wildfires

Five years after the Holiday Farm Fire, the owner of Meyer's General Store is still trying to rebuild the town's only place to shop for food and other items.

The mobile home park burned down in 2020, but it took years to be rebuilt, leaving many residents stuck in limbo.

On the five-year anniversary of the Beachie Creek Fire, survivor Cathy Griswold reflects on loss, guilt, and why her home was one of the few that survived.

Patence Winningham was Lane County's Emergency Manager when the Holiday Farm Fire swept through the McKenzie River Valley. That's also her home. She reflects on that time and how Blue River has recovered.

The Labor Day fires changed western Oregon’s view of wildfires in an era of climate change.

Research shows delayed effects of Oregon’s Labor Day fires have killed trees that survived the initial blazes.

This September marks five years since the Holiday Farm Fire burned up more than 173,000 acres in Oregon’s McKenzie River Corridor including Blue River. It’s a scenic mountain town that’s been around since 1900, with mining and timber as its former big industries.

Blue River is still rebuilding from the Holiday Farm Fire of 2020. On April 5, the community held a block party to celebrate the progress.

PacifiCorp has filed a long-awaited appeal to a class action ruling that has so far awarded millions of dollars to people harmed by wildfires in 2020.

The Oregon Department of Forestry report comes five years after the 2020 fire, as PacifiCorp pushes for legislation that would limit utilities' wildfire liabilities.

Oregon has sued the companies that allegedly botched construction of homes for Jackson County wildfire survivors.

The federal government is suing the electric utility PacifiCorp over a 2020 wildfire in Douglas County.