The Durkee Fire was a wildfire burning in Baker and Malheur counties in eastern Oregon. The Durkee Fire was the second-largest wildfire in the United States and was the largest wildfire in Oregon's 2024 wildfire season .

2024年8月5日 · The Durkee Fire was started by lightning at approximately 9:30 a.m. on July 17, 2024. Firefighters have made excellent progress, bringing containment to 95% and starting suppression repair. T h e Southern Area Gold Complex Incident Management Team will transition management of the Durkee Fire back to the local units at 8 p.m. PDT.

2024年7月25日 · The Durkee Fire in eastern Oregon has burned around a quarter of a million after lighting started the blaze around July 17. Travel along Interstate 84 has been intermittently shut down, and evacuations have been issued after the fire doubled in size.

Hot weather, gusty winds and extreme lightning activity have spread critical fire conditions across parts of Oregon, fueling the Durkee Fire in the eastern part of the state, the nation’s...

2024年7月21日 · DURKEE FIRE: Start date: July 17, 2024 | Location: 5 miles southwest of Durkee, OR | Personnel: 434 | Fire size: 116,431 acres | Cause: Lightning | Containment: 0% Yesterday, was an extremely active fire day. The Durkee Fire spread most to the southeast, with some growth in the north and west. About 24 aviation resources engaged in aerial ...

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act on Saturday for the Durkee Fire in Baker County. The fire sparked Wednesday and continues to grow, threatening communities. The Baker and Malheur County sheriffs’ offices have levels 2 and 3 evacuation notices in place.

2024年7月27日 · The Durkee Fire in Baker County is currently the largest fire in the nation. Sandwiched between the Cow Valley Fire footprint to the southwest and the Thompson Fire to the northeast, it… Moderate fire behavior expected on Durkee Fire in Eastern Oregon

2024年7月19日 · The Durkee Fire, burning 5 miles southwest of Durkee, now covers 173,758 acres in east Oregon after two extremely active fire days over the weekend according to Durkee and Cow Valley Fires...

2024年7月26日 · A suspect has been arrested after being identified pushing a car engulfed in fire 60 feet into a gully, “spreading flames that caused the Park Fire,” the Butte County District Attorney’s ...

2024年7月21日 · On Saturday, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act for the blaze, allowing the state fire marshal to mobilize its resources to help people and their property threatened...