Local News

The Oregon Department of Forestry and its local partners responded to and extinguished three fires that broke out Saturday afternoon and evening.

Around midday Saturday, ODF responded to a reported grass fire in the 7,000-block of Anderson Creek Road west of Talent. Numerous engines and additional resources including helicopters were called in to knock down the blaze. At 12:30 p.m., resources began mop-up operations. The cause of the fire was under investigation.

On Saturday at 4:47 p.m., a column of smoke was detected by an ODF camera on Slate Creek Road in the Wonder area. Arriving units found a 1/4-acre fire burning in vegetation. ODF and Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest resources including numerous engines, a helicopter and other aircraft had contained the fire by 5:40 p.m.. The incident was turned over to the US Forest Service for mop-up efforts.

On Saturday at 5:27 p.m., ODF and Jackson County Fire District #3 responded to a structure fire in the 12,000-block of Duggan Road in the Sams Valley area. Crews extinguished the house fire along with several spot fires that spread in surrounding vegetation. By 6:25 p.m., firefighters had made good progress on the spot fires that made up around 1/4-acre. Crews worked to line and mop-up these areas.