"We are all glad to see it go," said ODF Forest Grove District Forester Mike Cafferata in an email sent Tuesday as the agency filed the appropriate paperwork to officially close the 2024 fire season.
"The Hillside Road fire is still putting off a tremendous amount of smoke, and its reported to be noticed as far as the north side of the [Forest Grove] city limits, Now that its daylight, we are working to remove the building that surrounds the hazelnut dryer, and get to the deeply burning nuts s
Fire danger in lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA) were set to moderate or blue at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Firefighters from Forest Grove Fire & Rescue battled a barn fire Monday afternoon, successfully keeping the flames confined to the rood of the wood barn in the Hillside community.
The summer burn ban enacted throughout Washington County was lifted Friday, the Banks Fire District and Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said. The DEQ burn season opens Sunday.
Fire danger was at moderate until Thursday, when high temperatures brought it back to "high." Tuesday morning, ODF officials brought it back down to moderate.
Banks Fire District is among several Washington County fire agencies that headed to central Oregon Friday morning in preparation for what could be a dangerous wildfire weekend for that region.
