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The 2020 Oregon wildfire season was the most destructive on record in the state of Oregon. The season is a part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season.The fires killed at least 11 people, burned more than 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) of land, and destroyed thousands of homes.
2020 Western United States wildfire season. Satellite image of the smoke from the wildfires burning in California and Oregon on September 9, 2020. Date (s) July 24, 2020(2020-07-24) – December 31, 2020(2020-12-31) Location. Western United States. Statistics [ 3 ] Total fires.
2020 Western U.S. wildfires. The Santiam Fire was a very large wildfire that burned in Marion, Jefferson, Linn, and Clackamas Counties, in northwest Oregon, United States. Having ignited in August 2020, the 402,274-acre (162,795 ha) fire ravaged multiple communities in northwestern Oregon, before it was fully contained on December 10, 2020.
The most destructive wildfire year in Oregon's history was 2020, when the Labor Day Fires fueled 1.14 million acres burned and destroyed 4,009 homes and killed nine people.
An Oregon jury awarded $85 million Tuesday to nine victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020, the latest verdict in a series of legal proceedings that are expected to put the utility ...
The major wildfire disasters in recent years, in 2020 and 2022, were caused by east winds and tend to reach peak danger in early September. ... Oregon nears record for acres burned from wildfires ...
The Holiday Farm Fire occurred in the U.S. state of Oregon in 2020. It ranks among the largest wildfires in Oregon history, burning a total of 173,393 acres (70,170 ha) centered on the McKenzie River valley in Lane County. [1][2][3][4] Beginning near the Holiday Farm RV Resort in Rainbow on the evening of September 7, 2020, due to fallen power ...
Oregon has been experiencing increasingly large fire seasons over the last few decades, with the preceding 2020 wildfire season being one of the most destructive in the state's history. [8] As with much of the rest of the Western United States , [ 9 ] fire officials were predicting another above-average season in 2021 due to expected low ...