THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS J.G 7-ELEVEN. GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN WITH A DEVELOPING
STORY IN GRESHAM SOUTHEAST.
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIRST IS
CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS RIGHT
NOW FROM SOUTHEAST PINE TO EAST
BURNSIDE AFTER POLICE SHOT A
MAN EARLIER TONIGHT.
THAT ROAD IS EXPECTED TO BE
CLOSED FOR A FEW MORE HOURS.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.
GRESHAM POLICE WERE CALLED FOR
A SUSPICIOUS CAR IN THE PARKING
LOT OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THE CAR WAS REPORTEDLY STOLEN.
OFFICERS STOPPED THE CAR NEAR
SD ASH AND THAT'S WHEN POLICE
SAY THE DRIVER PULLED OUT A GUN
.
.
. AT
. AT LEAST ONE OFFICER SHOT THE
DRIVER.
DRIVER.
DRIVER. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL AND WE DON'T KNOW HIS
NAME YET AND WE'RE NOT SURE
OF HIS CONDITION.
WE'LL UPDATE YOU AS WE LEARN
MORE.
MORE.
MORE. >>
MORE. >> ANOTHER DEVELOPING STORY
TONIGHT THE STORMS LIGHTING UP
THE RADAR TONIGHT ACROSS
OREGON.
OREGON.
OREGON. THE RAIN IS WELCOME NEWS IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST THE WILDFIRES AND
ALL THAT SMOKE.
BUT THERE'S SOME WORRY
OF LIGHTNING AND THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLASH FLOODING.
LET'S GO RIGHT TO CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST MATT ZAFFINO.
MATT, YOU'VE BEEN TRACKING
THESE STORMS ALL EVENING.
>> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT
OF LIGHTNING SO FAR NOTHING
OVER THE FIRES YET BECAUSE THE
STORMS HAVEN'T REACHED THE
CASCADE FOOTHILLS.
CASCADE FOOTHILLS. THEY'VE BEEN ALL OUT OVER THE
COAST RANGE BUT THEY'RE EDGING
INTO THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
CHECK IT OUT DOPPLER RADAR AND
YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHTNING
STRIKES JUST WITHIN THE LAST
HOUR OR SO.
LAST COUPLE HOURS THERE AND
THEY ARE BEGINNING TO EDGE
FARTHER AND FARTHER TO THE EAST
FOLKS AND SAYING THAT NOT ONLY
IS THE LIGHTNING LIGHTING UP,
THE RADAR IS LIGHTING UP THE
SKY AS FOLKS IN SALEM NOSING.
NOW THERE'S SOME REALLY STRONG
CELLS IN WESTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTY AT AROUND GAEL'S CREEK,
HAGG LAKE THAT AREA AND THE
RAINFALL RATES WELL IT'S MOVED
ON FROM THE POINT I PICKED.
IT'S NOT SHOWING MUCH THERE BUT
WHEN I QUERIED THIS EARLIER IT
WAS OVER FOUR AND HALF INCHES
AN HOUR FROM THAT STORM TO THE
NORTH SIDE RIGHT THERE THAT
JUST LIT UP IN PURPLE THAT JUST
MOVED OUT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
SO THESE STORMS ARE VERY, VERY
IMPRESSIVE WITH THE AMOUNT
OF RAIN THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO
DROP.
DROP.
DROP. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO
PORTLAND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
I THINK AFTER ABOUT 3:00 A.M.
OR SO WE'LL PROBABLY HEAR THE
THUNDER, SEE THE LIGHTNING
FREQUENT LIGHTNING DOWNPOURS
HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL AND
OF COURSE GUSTY WINDS NEAR
THOSE STORMS.
THOSE STORMS. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING OVER
THE FIRES JUST YET, WHICH ISN'T
A BAD THING FOR THAT AREA.
WE HAVE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UP
UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING AT 5:00
A.M. WE DON'T WANT TO GET
REALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER THOSE
BURN SCARS BUT SOME RAIN WOULD
BE GREAT AND THE WIND TO MIX
OUT THE SMOKE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER
LAUGLE.
LAUGLE.
LAUGLE. BACK TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. >> LOTS TO TALK ABOUT.
THANK YOU, MATT.
NOW WE HAVE MORE ON THE FIRES.
THIS MAP GIVES YOU A LOOK AT
THE DOZENS STILL BURNING ACROSS
OREGON.
OREGON.
OREGON. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TRIO OF THE
RIVERSIDE, THE BEECHY CREEK AND
THE LIONSHEAD FIRES HAVE
RAVAGED PARTS OF CLACKAMAS,
MARION AND LYNN COUNTIES.
AND HERE'S A LOOK AT WHERE
THINGS STAND NOW.
THE RIVERSIDE FIRE HAS BURNED
ONE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN
THOUSAND ACRES WITH SIX PERCENT
CONTAINMENT.
CONTAINMENT. BEECHY CREEK BURN ONE HUNDRED
NINETY ONE THOUSAND ACRES.
IT'S 20 PERCENT CONTAINED.
LIONSHEAD HAS BURNED ONE
HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOUSAND
ACRES WITH ONLY 10 PERCENT
CONTAINMENT.
CONTAINMENT. AND THEN THE HOLIDAY FARM FIRE
IN LAKE COUNTY HAS BURNED ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND ACRES.
ALSO WITH 10 PERCENT
CONTAINMENT BECAUSE
CONTAINMENT BECAUSE OF TONIGHT'S STORMS FIRE CREWS
HAVE SHUT DOWN THE PERIMETER
OF THE HOLIDAY FARM FIRE AND
THEY'RE KEEPING ALL
NONESSENTIAL PEOPLE OUT
OF THEIR RESIDENTS WHO HAVEN'T
EVACUATED SHOULD STAY HOME.
COMMANDERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT
FALLING TREES AND ROCKS.
IN ADDITION, TO THE FIRE, THE
WILDFIRES CONTINUE TO KEEP SOME
ROADS CLOSED ACROSS THE STATE
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. THE OREGON DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION POSTED A MAP.
IT SHOWS THAT AREAS THAT CANNOT
BE ACCESSED SOME SECTIONS ARE
IN RED WHICH MEANS THEY'RE
FULLY CLOTHED AND ODOT IS
EVALUATING DAMAGE THERE.
TODAY OUR CREWS GOT ACCESS TO
THE CLOSED SECTION OF HIGHWAY
224.
224.
224. THAT'S THE VIDEO YOU'RE LOOKING
AT HERE.
AT HERE.
AT HERE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE BURNED
TREES AND SMOLDERING HILLSIDES
ODOT.
ODOT.
ODOT. CREWS SAY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO REMOVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF TREES WITH TONIGHT'S HEAVY
RAIN.
RAIN.
RAIN. THERE ARE CONCERNS.
BURNED AREAS WILL HAVE
LANDSLIDES.
LANDSLIDES. PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO RETURN
HOME TO THE STK TO AREA.
>> THE RIVERSIDE FIRE WAS
THREATENING THE TOWN.
BUT EVACUATION LEVELS ARE NOW
DOWN FROM LEVEL THREE TO LEVEL
TWO.
TWO.
TWO. THE
TWO. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS BEEN
BUSY PATROLLING THE AREA
KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR BURGLARS
TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A
SITUATION.
SITUATION. >> AS OUR PAT DOORIS REPORTS,
THERE ARE A FEW BAD ACTORS BUT
MANY MORE NEIGHBORS READY TO
HELP USED TO BE OREGON CITY AND
AS TOKITO LOVE ARRIVES BY THE
TRUNKFUL OH IT'S AMAZIGH.
>> OUR COMMUNITY IS.
I JUST HAVE GOOSE BUMPS RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. KELLY KEETH RETURNED TO HER
EVACUATED HOME LAST NIGHT.
>> IT'S STILL STANDING BUT MUCH
OF THE FOOD IS RUINED.
AND NOW SHE'S PICKING UP FREE
SUPPLIES FROM A COMMUNITY
PANTRY THAT SPRANG TO LIFE JUST
THREE DAYS AGO.
IT'S STAFFED BY VOLUNTEERS LIKE
SCOTT ADAMS, A ROOFER FROM
MILWAUKEE WHO LOVES THE FORESTS
AND THE STREAMS AND THE PEOPLE
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. THEY NEED HELP SITES CAME DOWN.
DO WHAT I CAN.
>> AMY HUDSON, PRINCIPAL ESTA
KATEHI IS HELPING.
JUST WANTED TO HELP MY
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. >> I MEAN THIS I DON'T LIVE
HERE BUT THERE THIS IS MY
SECOND HOME AND SO JUST WANTED
TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND DO
WHATEVER I COULD TO TO JUST
HELP OUR OUR FAMILY IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES. I HEARD THAT A LOT OUT HERE.
>> IT CAME FROM PEOPLE LIKE
PETER DUBOISE WHO NOW LIVES IN
PORTLAND FOR GRADUATED FROM
ESTACADO HIGH IN 1965.
HE JUST HAD TO DONATE TO HELP
OLD FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED?
HAPPENED?
HAPPENED? TERRIBLE TERRIBLE.
TERRIBLE TERRIBLE. I GOT FRIENDS WHO STILL LIVE
OUT HERE.
OUT HERE.
OUT HERE. THEY LOST THEIR HOMES, LOST
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. SO I'M JUST I WAS BLESSED.
SO I'M BLESSED IS TRYING TO
BLESS SOMEBODY ELSE.
JENNIFER WEST AND HER FAMILY
BROUGHT SUPPLIES FROM THEIR
HOME IN BORING.
>> WELL, WE WANTED TO DO WHAT
WE COULD TO HELP.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT LOST EVERYTHING
THEY OWN AND SO WE WANTED TO
BRING CLOTHING, TOYS, BLANKETS
.
.
. YOU
. YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL UNCLEAR
EXACTLY HOW MANY HOMES THE
RIVERSIDE FIRE DESTROYED EAST
DOMESTICATING.
DOMESTICATING. >> IT CAME WITHIN A HALF MILE,
MAYBE EVEN CLOSER TO TOWN.
THE INCIDENT COMMANDER TOLD
SHERIFF CRAIG ROBERTS THERE IS
STILL A LOT OF FIRE IN THE
FORESTS BUT CREWS WILL KEEP THE
TOWN SAFE WHEN THINGS START
DRYING OUT, YOU START GETTING
SOME WINDS.
SOME WINDS. >> WE WANT THE COMMUNITIES TO
BE PROTECTED.
BE PROTECTED. THAT'S WHERE OUR FIREFIGHTERS
ARE FOCUSING.
ARE FOCUSING. THE SHERIFF LET US OUT INTO THE
COUNTRYSIDE LOOKING FOR CITIZEN
FIREFIGHTERS TAKING TO THE
SMOKEY WOODS TO CUT FIRE LINES
ON THEIR OWN.
WE DID NOT FIND THEM BUT I DID
GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO ROBERTS
ABOUT WHAT A WILD TWO WEEKS
IT'S BEEN.
IT'S BEEN. >> AS I'VE KIND OF DESCRIBED IT
IS JUST A FULL COURT PRESS.
AND TO HEAR YOU KNOW, NOW I
BELIEVE MOVING MORE INTO KIND
OF THIS MARATHON MODE, THIS
ISN'T GOING TO BE OVER ANYTIME
SOON.
SOON.
SOON. >>
SOON. >> WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO THE
FREE FOOD AND CLOTHING PANTRY
IN A OCCAISION.
YES.
YES.
YES. THOSE WHO DRIVE THROUGH LEAVE
WITH FOOD AND CLOTHING TO TIDE
THEM OVER FOR A FEW DAYS.
BUT THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER ARE
GETTING SOMETHING TO THE
CONNECTION OF A COMMUNITY THAT
HELPS OTHERS WHEN THEY ARE
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. >>
DOWN. >> YOU KNOW THE EMOTIONS THAT
THEY BRING BRING OUT JUST BEING
THANKFUL AND LOVING.
IT'S IT GETS ME EMOTIONAL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S AMAZING.
I CAN PUT INTO WORDS HOW GOOD
IT FEELS TO BE ABLE TO HELP.
>> AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE
PANTRY FOLKS SAY THEY'LL BE
HERE FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO AS
LONG AS PEOPLE NEED THEM IN
MASTICATE OREGON PAT DOORIS KGW
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. THAT JUST MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD,
DOESN'T?
DOESN'T?
DOESN'T? >> WELL, TONIGHT DEPUTIES FROM
THE MARION COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE ARE SHARING THEIR
EXPERIENCE EVACUATING PEOPLE
FROM THE SANTIAM CANYON FIRE
AND IT IS HARROWING.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT DASHCAM
FOOTAGE AS THEY DROVE AROUND.
THIS IS THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER
SEVEN.
SEVEN.
SEVEN. LOOK AT THOSE FLAMES.
THE DEPUTIES SAY THEY BLARED
THEIR SPEAKERS ON THEIR PATROL
CARS, BLASTED THEIR SIRENS AND
WORKED QUICKLY TO WAKE PEOPLE
UP AND GET THEM OUT OF THEIR
HOMES AS THE FIRE SPREAD TO
BOTH SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY.
THE COUNT DOWN TO GET PEOPLE TO
SAFETY WAS ON.
>> IT'S HARD TO YELL AT PEOPLE
TO SAY GET GO AND GET GOING NOW
OR YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.
IT'S HARD TO SAY.
IT'S HARD TO CONVINCE PEOPLE
THAT SOMETIMES BECAUSE THEY
JUST GOT WOKEN UP OUT BED AND
THEY'RE THEY'RE SHOCKED.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING
ON.
ON.
ON. NOW
ON. NOW THERE'S SMOKE AROUND.
THERE'S EMBERS FALLING SO
SCARY.
SCARY.
SCARY. >>
SCARY. >> SENIOR DEPUTY TOM BARBER
SAYS A BIG CHALLENGE WAS THAT
MANY PEOPLE HAD LOST POWER AND
THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THE FIRE
WAS SPREADING SO QUICKLY AND SO
CLOSE.
CLOSE.
CLOSE. AND THAT INCLUDED A GROUP
OF WORSHIPERS ATTENDING A
CHURCH RETREAT OFF NORTH FORK
ROAD.
ROAD.
ROAD. DEPUTY BARBER SAYS HIS TEAM
WORKED TO BRING 14 PEOPLE THERE
TO SAFETY.
TO SAFETY. WE THANK THEM FOR THAT HARD
WORK.
WORK.
WORK. >>
WORK. >> OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS WE HAVE SEEN
THE POWER OF COMMUNITY PEOPLE
HELPING PEOPLE.
HELPING PEOPLE. WE JUST SAW IT AND STORY AND
STK TO AND WE'RE SEEING IT
AGAIN IN EAGLE CREEK WHERE A
SALOON IS DISHING OUT FREE
MEALS TO FIRST RESPONDERS.
KGW MIKE BENNER REPORTS.
>> FREE HEALTH IS MANAGED.
THE EAGLE CREEK SALOON FOR
YEARS AND SHE MAY VERY WELL BE
IN THE MIDST OF HER PROUDEST
MOMENT YET.
MOMENT YET. WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY.
>> WE LOVE OUR PEOPLE AROUND
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> FREE OFF IS MANAGING A TEAM
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DISHING OUT
FREE MEALS TO FIREFIGHTERS AND
LOCALS BATTLING THE WILDFIRES
DOWN THE ROAD.
>> EVERYBODY IS DONE JUST A
TREMENDOUS JOB TO KEEP SAFE.
AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
AND THIS IS OUR WAY TO REALLY
SAY THANK YOU.
FREE OFF SAYS SINCE LATE LAST
WEEK THE SALOON HAS WHIPPED UP
WELL OVER 300 MEALS FOR FIRST
RESPONDERS.
RESPONDERS. >> SOME OF THEM HANDED OUT BY
SALOON PATRON MIKE GOULD.
I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO HELP.
THAT'S ALL.
THAT'S ALL. YOU KNOW, I'M IN JUST.
MOST PEOPLE DO WANT TO HELP
HELP EACH OTHER OUT.
AT LEAST I THINK THEY DO
ANYWAY.
ANYWAY.
ANYWAY. >> HE'S ONTO SOMETHING THERE.
IN PORTLAND THERE'S SOMETHING
CALLED WORLD'S CENTRAL KITCHEN
.
.
. CELEBRITY CHEF JOSE ANDRUS HAS
PARTNERED WITH LOCAL CHEFS TO
GET FOOD TO THOSE IN NEED.
FOLLOWING A DISASTER IN THIS
CASE THE WILDFIRES.
REPRESENTATIVE EARL BLUMENAUER
TOURED THE WORLD'S CENTRAL
KITCHEN SITE THURSDAY.
>> CHEF ANDRUS HAS AS IS WORLD
FAMOUS FOR BEING WHERE THEY'RE
NEEDED.
NEEDED.
NEEDED. WHEREAS PUERTO RICO HELPING
HERE MOVING INTO THE SOUTH AND
THE AFTERMATH THE HURRICANES
SHOWING HOW PEOPLE CAN WORK
TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THAT BASIC
NEED.
NEED.
NEED. WORKING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE IS
EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE
EAGLE CREEK SALOON AND MANAGER
MEGHAN FRIEL HAS NO PLANS
OF STOPPING ANYTIME SOON.
>> I'LL BE DOING THIS AS LONG
AS THIS FIRE IS ACTIVE AND
UNTIL IT'S 100 PERCENT
CONTAINED AND I HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO DO SO.
>> THESE MEALS COMING OUT
OF THE EAGLE CREEK SALOON ARE
MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH DONATIONS
.
.
. ONE
. ONE OF
. ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS
DONATIONS COMING FROM THE BAND
THE CHICKS FORMERLY KNOWN AS
THE DIXIE CHICKS.
OF COURSE WE'RE TOLD THEIR TOUR
MANAGERS FROM THIS AREA IN THE
BAND WANTED TO GET BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY REPORTING IN EAGLE
CREEK.
CREEK.
CREEK. I'M MIKE BENNER FROM KGW NEWS.
WELL, THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME,
ISN'T IT?
ISN'T IT?
ISN'T IT? >> AND AS WE MANAGE A CRISIS ON
TOP OF CAUVIN 19, A SHELTER FOR
MULTINOMIAL COUNTY'S HOUSELESS
COMMUNITY IS GETTING A LITTLE
HELP IN THE FORM OF COMFORT
FOOD.
FOOD.
FOOD. THE
FOOD. THE SHELTER AT THE OREGON
CONVENTION CENTER IS NEAR
CAPACITY AS MORE PEOPLE TAKE
SHELTER FROM THE SMOKE.
TODAY A SPECIAL DELIVERY WAS
MADE BY SCOTTIES PIZZA PARLOR.
THEY DELIVERED 60 PIES FOR
GUESTS AND VOLUNTEERS.
EVERYBODY LOVES PIZZA.
SO IT'S LIKE A REALLY EASY WAY
TO SORT SUPPORT AND
COMFORT FOLKS DURING A REALLY
HARD TIME.
HARD TIME. THE PIZZA DONATION WAS MADE
POSSIBLE IN PART THANKS TO
DONATIONS FROM SCOTTIES
CUSTOMERS.
CUSTOMERS. AS FOR THE SHELTER, IT IS IN
CRITICAL NEED OF PPE AND
HYGIENE SUPPLIES