It’s been a record-breaking wildfire season for Oregon, with fires burning more than 1.8 million acres in the state. That total has stretched the state’s limited resources, while there’s also

Wildfires burned well over 2 million acres in Washington and Oregon in 2024 so far, making it the worst wildfire season in decades.

Firefighters continued to battle blazes over the hot weekend, with three new fires flaring in Oregon, dozens of households under immediate evacuation orders, hundreds of homes threatened, schools closed and thousands more acres blackened.

Oregon wildfires have burned a record-breaking 1.9 million acres this year. Most of acres burned came from fires that appear to be human-caused.

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Meteorologists, whether in an office or near a wildfire, say it’s been an incredibly busy summer tracking and forecasting the wildfires across Oregon.