Oregon invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act for the 18,136-acre Grasshopper Fire on July 29, while emergency agencies prepared for changing wildfire, smoke and travel conditions around Welches.
Oregon approved three federal Fire Management Assistance Grants in July, while state officials mobilized resources to the Town Gulch Fire on Aug. 6 amid severe drought and low snowpack.
Gov. Tina Kotek invoked Oregon’s Emergency Conflagration Act for the Akawa Butte and Brewer fires, authorizing the state fire marshal to mobilize mutual-aid resources after local officials sought assistance.
The Fox Fire near Huntington closed approximately 70 miles of a major Oregon interstate and put the city under a Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation order. Separately, the state has mobilized mutual-aid resources for the Hagen Fire in Umatilla County.
