HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT
GEORGIA TIA HIS WHEREABOUTS
HIS HEALTH YOU'RE ASKED TO
CALL THE MARION COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE NOW LET'S
MOVE ON TO CLACKAMAS COUNTY
THAT IS WHERE THE RIVERSIDE
FIRE IS BURNING OUT OF CONTROL
TONIGHT IT'S DESTROYED AROUND
133,000 ACRES AND THIS
AFTERNOON, THE SHERIFF ASSURED
PROPERTY OWNERS THAT REPORTS
OF SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE OUT THERE
IN THE EVACUATION ZONE.
THAT'S ALL UNFOUNDED HE
SAYS HE ALSO SAID THAT ARMED
CITIZENS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE
STOPPING PROPERTY OWNERS
DRIVING BACK TO THEIR HOMES OR
TRYING TO ANYWAY. AND THE
DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN WARNING
THEM THAT DOING THAT IS
ILLEGAL. WELL SOME GOOD NEWS
TONIGHT, THE CITY OF MALALA
HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM LEVEL 3
GO NOW EVACUATION.
DOWN TO LEVEL 2 SO THAT
MEANS RESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO
RETURN HOME. IN ADDITION,
SEVERAL TOWNS IN CLACKAMAS
COUNTY ARE NOW REMOVED FROM
ALL EVACUATION LEVELS. THOSE
ARE AREAS GOING FROM LEVEL ONE
OFF THE LIST ALTOGETHER THAT
GOES FOR WILSONVILLE LAKE
OSWEGO WEST LINN CLACKAMAS
HAPPY VALLEY GLADSTONE 12 THAT
IN MILWAUKEE AND SOME PARTS OF
BORING AND DAMASCUS.
AND WE ARE GETTING OUR
FIRST LOOK AT SOME OF THE
HOMES IN SOME OF THE
STRUCTURES DESTROYED OUT IN
CLACKAMAS COUNTY. WHEN THOSE
WILDFIRES RIP THROUGH EARLIER
IN THE WEEK AND WE'RE ALSO
HEARING STORIES OF HOPE AS
PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER TO STOP
THOSE FIRES FROM DESTROYING
EVEN MORE PROPERTY JENNIFER
DOWLING LIVE NOW IN OREGON
CITY, I KNOW YOU TALK TO THOSE
PEOPLE OUT THERE. JENNIFER AND
THEY HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE
STORIES TO TELL.
THEY DO JEFF AND WAYNE IT
WAS CRAZY OUT THERE EARLIER
THIS WEEK WE TALKED TO ONE
FAMILY ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF
OREGON CITY IN THE SOUTH
LORRAINE DRIVE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND THEY TELL US THAT THE FIRE
CAME WITHIN 10 FEET OF THEIR
HOME, THEY SAID THAT THEY
SPRING INTO ACTION ALONG WITH
FIREFIGHTERS AND NEIGHBORS IN
ORDER TO SAVE IT.
PRETTY CRAZY FOR SUGAR
STONES WERE STILL SMOLDERING
FEET AWAY FROM JERRY SOLD HIS
HOME SUNDAY YEAH, I WAS HERE
FIGHTING FIRE HELPING THE FIRM
AND SO JERRY'S DAUGHTER
BRIANNA CAPTURED VIDEO OF THE
FLAMES CREEPING IN TUESDAY 8
JURY SAID BRIANNA HELPED WITH
WATER HOSES HIS SON DUSTIN
JUMPED ON THE ROOF TO CLEAR
OFF EVERS IN PINE NEEDLES. MY
SON WAS UP ON THE ROOF, WATER
AND THE ROOF, THE MOST INTENSE
MOMENTS CAME WHEN A PROPANE
TANK AT A NEIGHBOR'S HOME
EXPLODED LIKE A BOMB GOING OFF
IT BURN DOWN A HOUSE NEARBY
AND CARPORT THAT'S ONE-THIRD
10 REALLY GETTING SCARY
BECAUSE. PROPANE TANK BLEW UP.
AND THE FLAVOR TOWING THE
TREES SHERRY SHARED STILL
PICKS OF THE FIREBALL CAUSED
BY THE PROPANE TANK EXPLODING
RED AND ORANGE FLAMES SHOWING
BENEATH THE TREE BRANCHES OR
JUST GRATEFUL. WE HAVE A A
PLACE TO LIVE TONIGHT. THE
EXPLOSIONS HAPPENED JUST
ACROSS THE ROAD FROM RON'S
HOUSES WELL SINCE IT WAS FULL
VAN AND OFTEN HE GOT UP THERE
AND THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT SO.
IN EFFECT IT BECAME A GIANT
BOW PORCH SO ALL THE TREES ON
FIRE AROUND THE HOUSE AND THEN
THE HOUSE WHEN AS WELL THERE
WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO
ABOUT IT SO WAS GONE JUST A
MATTER OF MINUTES HE CONTINUED
TO HELP PUT OUT HOT SPOTS
WEDNESDAY THE FIRE GOT WERE
SHOT ABOUT ONE OR ALL NIGHT
RIGHT HERE. THE FIRE PICK BACK
UP AGAIN WITH THE MORNING
WINDS AND IN IT UP THOUGHT
CHICKEN HOUSE SHOT BEHIND ME
AND JUMP ON THE ROAD AND. IT
GOT IN MY FIELD STARTED GOING
RIGHT FOR MY HOUSE AND JUST
RIGHT OUT OF THE WOODS COME
PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE
WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND STOP
THE FIRE FORCE AND THE FIRE
FIREFIGHTERS, SURE THEY DID A
GREAT JOB A FEW MILES FROM
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD FIRE HAD
STRUCK PROPERTIES OFF SOUTH
SPRING WATER ROAD A BURN
TREEHOUSE BLACK IN YARDS AND
FIELD WE ALSO FOUND A MELTED
YELLOW MAILBOX AND WHAT LOOKED
LIKE ANOTHER STRUCTURE
DESTROYED IN THE BACKDROP
ACROSS THE RIVER.
UP THEIR JERRY'S PROPERTY
IS FOREVER CHANGED THIS GIANT
STOP IS WHAT REMAINS OF A
GRAND OLD TREE THAT HAD TO BE
KNOCKED OVER AS IT FOR JURY
SAYS NEIGHBORS PERIOD THE
BURNING LOG-IN DIRT A
FIREFIGHTER ALSO HELPED HIM
CUT UP A STILL SMOLDERING
CEDAR DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THE
HOUSE THEN IF YOU LOOK OUT IN
HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE. THERE
WAS ALL KINDS OF HOT SPOTS
JERRY SON, DUSTIN CONTINUES TO
HELP PUT OUT HOT SPOTS, JERRY
CALLS HIS SON AND DAUGHTER
SUPERHEROES AS MORE WORRIED
ABOUT MY KIDS MY DOGS I GOT MY
MY DAUGHTER, MY DOGS IN AND
THEN YOU KNOW HOUSES ONLY
HOUSE.
AND GERRI SAUDI ESTIMATES
THAT EVERYONE WORKED AROUND 50
HOURS IN ORDER TO SAVE HIS
HOME. SO HE SAYS HATS OFF TO
ALL THOSE INVOLVED HE IS SO
GRATEFUL BACK TO YOU.
JENNIFER DOWLING NEIGHBOR
HELPING NEIGHBOR TOMORROW.