Wildfire 2026

The Oregon Legislature is meeting in periodic “legislative days” hearings that will tackle some major emerging issues.

A state report shows this year’s wildfire season has already outpaced 2024’s final net costs by about $35 million.

Widespread rainfall should dampen fire risk, as a frost advisory has been issued for parts of Southern Oregon.

Heavy winds and steep terrain allowed the fire to take hold and grow. Meanwhile, more than 6,000 personnel are deployed to other fires burning across Oregon.

The Emergency Conflagration Act was invoked for the 12th time so far this fire season, to get more firefighting resources to the Wright Springs Fire burning near Upper Klamath Lake.

The past decade has seen a big increase in the number of days with unhealthy levels of smoke. That includes nearly every part of Oregon.

Heat advisories will be in place for most of western Oregon and far Northern California this week, just as wildfire smoke blows in west of the Cascades, the National Weather Service says.

Firefighters have kept the Grants Pass fire within it's 96-acre footprint, evacuations downgraded

‘Oregon asks for the Utah clock,’ Gov. Tina Kotek wrote in a letter for immediate and robust aid to Oregon farmers and ranchers hit by wildfires.

Researchers say emergency alerts may serve as a vital information source in rural Oregon, where residents often have fewer ways to learn about natural disasters

Oregon has already seen more acres burn in 2026 than in all of 2025, and fire officials warn there’s still a lot of wildfire season to get through. This story will be updated with the latest on large wildfires burning across the state Wednesday.

A fast-moving blaze near Yosemite is testing California’s quiet fire season as new research shows heat waves drive nearly half of summer wildfire acreage.