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Erik Neumann/JPREPA cleanup teams and contractors are in communities around Talent and Phoenix, Oregon this week to search for hazardous household waste like car batteries, pesticides, aerosols and asbestos in the first stage of cleanup following the Almeda Drive Fire. -
Jackson County and Oregon Department of TransportationLow-flying helicopters dropped tons of plant seeds in Jackson County Monday to restore vegetation that burned in the Almeda Drive Fire.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom says President Trump has approved some $350 million in wildfire recovery funds. A FEMA statement had said the state and local governments could handle the damage.
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The so-called BAER teams are assigned to evaluate damage in the Klamath and Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests, along the Oregon-California border.
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The systems that warn people about evacuations have dangerous drawbacks. Millions of Californians are relying on alerts that may never arrive. In some counties, only 1% of adults are signed up.
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Oregonians in Jackson, Linn and Marion counties who lost their homes to wildfire could receive federal housing assistance in the coming weeks.
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Fire officials say much of the east, south and west edges of the fire are in mop-up and patrol mode, but the north and northwest sides are still active. As of 7:00 a.m. on Friday, the fire has burned 56,018 acres and is now 46 percent contained.
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Slater Fire has burned 154,145 acres and is at 48percent containment The Devil Fire is at 8410 acres and 20 percent containment.
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The cost of hiring a professional to clean a property destroyed by wildfire can be as high as $150,000. But if property owners wait long enough, it could be free.
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Fire crews continue to battle the Red Fire and the Salmon Fire — known together as the Red Salmon Complex — in the Trinity Alps Wilderness on the Six Rivers and Shasta-Trinity National Forests. The Red Salmon Complex is 124,464 acres in size and is 31 percent contained.
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One of the Oregon school districts hardest hit by wildfire is scrambling to create some normalcy and hold classes online. It's unclear how many families can participate since so many are displaced.
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Wildfires are burning year-after-year in wine country and the Sierra. These megafires are creating a new baseline for climate scientists to include in modeling and point to a greater need: a shift in mood from fire suppression to prevention.
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Officials in Talent, Phoenix and Jackson County are quickly drafting plans for where to put temporary housing for the thousands of people displaced in the Almeda Drive Fire.
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As the recent thick blanket of wildfire smoke clears, what remains is worry. Smoke may have tainted fruit across the West.
