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DAN: BACK TO OUR BREAKING NEWS
RIGHT NOW, FAST-MOVING FIRE IN
NORTH CENTRAL OREGON, YOU ARE
LOOKING AT A LIVE LOOK FROM
CHOPPER 6 AS YOU SEE WHAT
APPEARS TO BE STRUCTURES, MAYBE
A HOUSE OR A CABIN ON FIRE
THERE.
THIS IS JUST A SMALL PART OF
THIS FIRE THAT IS BURNING IN
THIS AREA.
ON THE PHONE IS THE OREGON
DEPARTMENT OF FOFFERS TRY.
THIS WAS 600 ACRES, BUT THIS
FIRE MUST BE BIGGER.
IT IS.
OUR LAST ESTIMATE IS CLOSE TO
1,000 ACRES.
THE WINDS ARE COMING THROUGH AND
A LOT OF NASTY FUELS.
JENNIFER: COULD YOU REALLY GIVE
US A SENSE OF THE CONDITIONS AND
WHAT SOME OF THE FOLKS ARE
DEALING WITH OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S EVERYWHERE OUT
HERE IS REALLY DRY AND ANY
LITTLE IGNITION WITH THE FIRE
BURNS AND MAY BE SPOTTING AHEAD
AND IGNITING THE FIRE AHEAD OF
ITSELF.
DAN: I KNOW IT'S EARLY.
ANY IDEA HOW THIS FIRE WAS
SPARKED?
NO INDICATION THAT IT IS FROM
EITHER LONG HOLLOW OR SUBSTATION
OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THIS IS A NEW START.
AND WE KNOW IT'S HUMAN-CAUSED,
BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT
CAUSED.
WE ARE TRYING TO FOCUS OUR
EFFORTS ON STOPPING THE FIRE
WHERE WE CAN AND PROTECTING THE
RESOURCES.
JENNIFER: WHAT IS THE BEST WAY
TO KEEP UPDATED WITH THIS.
WE HAVE BEEN HITTING WITH THIS
PRETTY HARD AND SOCIAL MEDIA
OUTLETS, WHAT ARE THE BEST WAY
THAT PEOPLE CAN KEEP UP TOLL
DATE ON WHERE THIS IS SPREADING
AND EVACUATION NOTICE?
THE VACKATION NOTICE ARE
THROUGH THE SHERIFF.
FOLLOW THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE AND
THEY ARE GOOD ABOUT UPDATING
THAT CONSISTENTLY.
WE DO ANTICIPATE, AS THE FIRE IS
SPREADING, WE CAN SEE MORE
EVACUATIONS AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE
ARE MONITORING THAT AND PUT FIRE
-- WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE AND A
TWITTER FEED.
AND SO WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
FOLLOW IN THAT MANNER AND WE ARE
PROVIDING SO MUCH INFORMATION TO
THE MEDIA OUTLETS AND IF YOU ARE
IN ONE OF THOSE EVACUATION
AREAS, IF YOU ARE IN A LEVEL
THREE, GO.
IT MAKES IT SAFER FOR EVERYBODY.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IF YOU
ARE IN THE FIRE AREA, YOU ARE
GETTING OUT OF THE AREA OF THE
FIREFIGHTING ACTIVITY.
DAN: HOW CLOSE IS THIS FIRE
BURNING TO THE TOWN ITSELF?
THE LAST I HEARD IT WAS
BURNING TO THE SOUTH, BUT IT IS
BURNING TOWARD 197, SO THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL ON 197 COULD BE
IMPACTED.
JENNIFER: CHRISTI FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY.
WE WILL BE CHECKING BACK IN WITH
HER AS THIS SOUTH VALLEY FIRE
CONTINUES TO GROW.
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO IT WAS 600
ACRES AND NOW IT IS AT 1,000
ACRES AND THERE ARE LEVEL THREE
EVACUATIONS FOR FOLKS.
THERE ARE MANY PLACES WHERE
PEOPLE CAN CHECK OUT THOSE
EVACUATIONS AND KOIN.COM.
CHRISTI, THANK YOU, AGAIN, AND
WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO THIS