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TRAN06 SEVERAL STREETS ARE IMPACTED POINT IF YOU ARE IN
THE AREA CHECKED THE WASHINGTON
COUNTY SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES FOR
THE LATEST LIST, EVACUEES
SHOULD GO TO MOUNTAINSIDE HIGH
SCHOOL IN BEAVERTON POINT HERE
IS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE BIGGEST
FIRES BURNING IN OREGON TONIGHT
. THERE IS THE POWER LINE FIRE
IN WASHINGTON COUNTY . THE
HOLIDAY FIRE . LET'S START WITH
THE LAST TWO THEY ARE FIVE FAR
THE BIGGEST, TOGETHER THEY HAVE
BURNED TOGETHER 2000 ACRES .
THIS IS FROM MILL CITY AND
MARION COUNTY . SHERIFFS
DEPUTY SHARED IT AS THEY WERE
DRIVING THROUGH TOWN . THERE
IS A LOT OF FIRE DAMAGE .
HIGHWAY 214 NORTH THE SILVER
STATE PARK ARE UNDER A LEVEL
III, GO NOW EVACUATION ORDERS .
MANY GATHERED AT THE OREGON
STATE FAIRGROUNDS LOOKING TO
TAKE SHELTER FROM THE FLAMES,
MIKE BENNER JOINS US LIVE .
>> Reporter: WE ARE AT THE
OREGON STATE FAIRGROUNDS, THIS
PLAY SHOULD BE THE UNQUIET BUT
IT IS BUSY . IT IS PACKED WITH
PEOPLE THAT HAS PEOPLE WITH
NOWHERE TO GO AND IT IS PACKED
WITH ANIMALS . MARION COUNTY
IS UNDER SOME LEVEL OF
EVACUATION . UNDER SKIES THAT
COULD ONLY BE NAMED AS
ANONYMOUS, HE MOVES HIS AND THE
NEIGHBORS HORSES OUT OF HARMS
WAY AND IN TWO THE STALLS AT
THE FAIRGROUNDS . WHEN I TOLD
MY GRANDDAUGHTER WE MAY NOT BE
OF THE GET ALL OF HIM BUT WE
WERE ABLE TO DO THAT .
>> Reporter: LUCKY INDEED HE
LIVES IN THE AREA AND THE FIRE
IS BURNING TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
. I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT GETTING
OUT OF THERE . HOPEFULLY, THE
INSURANCE IS GOOD .
>> Reporter: A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW WITH
HUNDREDS OF ACRES IN MARION
COUNTY UP AND FLAMES, WE ARE
EAST OF SALEM . YOU SEE THE
FLAMES LIGHTING UP THE
HILLSIDE, THE SMOKE IS SO
THICK IT MAKES YOUR EYES WATER
. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT THE
FIRE IS WREAKING HAVOC IN
MARION COUNTY . THE DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS EVACUATED 1300
INMATES FROM SALEM PRISONS .
THE WIFE OF AN INMATE SAID THAT
SHE IS BEYOND CONCERN .
>> I AM WORRIED ABOUT COVID AND
I AM WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THAT
WILL LOOK LIKE TWO WEEKS FROM
NOW I AM WORRIED ABOUT RIOTS
BREAKING OUT . NOTHING GOOD
COULD COME FROM THIS
>> THERE ARE PLENTY OF KNOWNS
AS WE APPROACH MIDWEEK . WHAT
IS CLEAR IS THE AMAZING WORK OF
FIREFIGHTERS UNDER THE MOST
DIFFICULT OF CONDITIONS .
>> A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE OUT
THERE ON THE FRONT THEY WILL
TAKE GOOD CARE OF US .
>> Reporter: HAS SOFT TO
FIREFIGHTERS WORKING LATE INTO
THE NIGHT . ONE MORE THING
WORTH MENTIONING IF THERE IS A
SILVER LINING, THE SPIRIT OF
THE PEOPLE IT HAS BEEN
WONDERFUL WATCHING THEM FOR
TOGETHER TO GET THROUGH THIS .
>> OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THOSE
AFFECTED AND THE FIREFIGHTERS .
THIS FORCED THE EVACUATION OF
FIFTH TEEN HUNDRED HOMES . ALL
THESE ON THE MAP ARE UNDER A
LEVEL III, GO NOW EVACUATION
ORDER . EVERYONE IS UNDER A
LEVEL ONE, BE READY ORDER .
>> IN SOME OF THESE RURAL
COMMUNITIES WE NEED YOUR HELP
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
CHECKING ON EVERYBODY AND THAT
THEY ARE AWARE THAT THEY NEED
TO BE PREPARED TO LEAVE . SOME
OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE
WERE REACHING OUT TO WERE ONLY
GIVEN MINUTES TO LEAVE . HERE
IS A LOOK AT IT FROM SKY 8
OFFICIALS SAY THAT IT CONTINUES
TO GROW AND IT IS PUSHING WEST
NEAR HIGHWAY 224 THEY HAVE SET
UP BARRICADES THAT PROMONTORY
PARK AND IT IS ALL ALONG THE WAY
. THE ENTIRE MOUNT HOOD FOREST
DISCLOSED DUE TO THE FIRE DANGER
. CLACKAMAS COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS DECLARED A STATE
OF EMERGENCY . FLAMES BROKE
OUT AT A LUMBER MILL AND BURNED
200 ACRES . ONE IS NEAR BIRD
ROAD AND PROMPTED DOZENS OF
EVACUATIONS .
EVACUATIONS . >> IT IS A ONCE IN 100 YEAR
EVENT AND IT IS HERE THERE IS
JUST A LITTLE SPARK AND THIS IS
WHERE WE ARE . .
>> EVACUEES THAT CLACKAMAS
COUNTY GOOD CHECK-IN AT THE
CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE A
SPOKESPERSON SAID THAT THEY ARE
NOT DOING AGGREGATE SHELTERS DO
TO COVID SO THEY ARE GIVING
PEOPLE HOTEL VOUCHERS .
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT
POWER IN THE COUNTY . THAT IS
CLACKAMAS AND WE WILL HEAD TO
NEAR HAG LAKE SKY 8 WAS OVER
THE FIRE EARLIER THIS EVENING
AND THAT IS FORCING EVACUATIONS
THIS EVENING POINT THIS ONE IS
BURNING SOUTH OF MIDWAY BETWEEN
NEWBURGH AND FARMINGTON .
KATHERINE COOK HAS BEEN IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY KEEPING UP
WITH BOTH OF THESE FIRES TRAN04
>> Reporter: WE ARE OUTSIDE THE
MOUNTAINSIDE HIGH SCHOOL IN
BEAVERTON . SHERIFF OFFICIALS
ARE ASKING PEOPLE THAT HAVE
BEEN EVACUATED FOR THIS AREA TO
COME . THIS HAPPEN NEAR MILL
ROAD AND BUCKHEAD ROAD AND
SOURCES ARE SPREAD THIN AS THEY
CONTINUED TO BATTLE THE POWER
LINE FIRE THE THAT BLEW UP
TUESDAY MORNING . ANOTHER
TRAILER OF HORSES AND 40 HORSES
BOARD HERE AND ALL 40 ARE
LEAVING .
LEAVING .
LEAVING . >> THIS COULD JUMP INTO A
LEVEL III BEFORE WE COULD GET
THEM OUT HERE SO WE HAD TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH IT .
>> Reporter: SHE IS HELPING
CONTACT OTHER MOURNERS
REGARDLESS THEY WILL RELOCATE
EVERY HORSE TO SAFETY .
>> YOU DO NOT WANT TO TAKE A
CHANCE AND LETTING IT GO TOO
FAR AND THEN YOU CAN'T GET THEM
OUT .
OUT .
OUT . >>
OUT . >> Reporter: IT STARTED BY HAG
LAKE THEN A GROUP 50 ACRES THAT
WAS 10% CONTAINED . A DOWNED
POWER LINE STARTED THE FIRE .
>> WE HAVE TO PULL OURSELVES UP
FROM CERTAIN AREAS . WITH THE
WIND THAT WE HAVE KEEPS
PUSHING AND PUSHING .
>> Reporter: WASHINGTON COUNTY
OFFICIALS ARE WARNING NEIGHBORS
ABOUT THE LEVEL TWO AND THREE
AND THREE MEANS LEAVE NOW AND
TO MEANS BE READY . WE HAD A
HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT ASKED OR
TOLD US THAT THEY WILL NOT
LEAVE . THAT IS A CHOICE THAT
THEY MAKE BUT WE ARE NOT
FORCING THEM PHYSICALLY TO
LEAVE THEIR HOME BY ANY MEANS .
>> Reporter: KAYLEE KELLER
LIVES AROUND THE CORNER AND HER
FAMILY IS EVACUATED FROM THEIR
HOME BUT THEY WANTED TO HELP
GET THESE GUYS OUT TOO .
>> Reporter: HOW MUCH DO THESE
HORSES MEAN TO YOU?
.
.
. >>
. >> THEY
. >> THEY BATTLED THE FIRE
KNOWING THAT SO MANY OTHER
FIRES ARE BURNING .
>> WE ARE STRAPPED AND NORMALLY