There aren't enough firefighters to staff every active blaze in Oregon. The state's Forestry Department says crews are being forced to prioritize which fires get full resources — a grim sign of how stretched the response has become.
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Oregon Public Broadcasting's Joni Audenland reports from Portland on a wildfire crisis that has been building all week. The root cause: Oregon's record-low snowfall this past winter left the landscape parched and primed to burn. The Bench Fire, which erupted Saturday night, quickly forced thousands to flee the Warm Springs tribal community in central Oregon. Parts of central and eastern Oregon are now blanketed in hazardous wildfire smoke, creating dangerous air quality conditions for residents who haven't evacuated. Perhaps most alarming, the Oregon Department of Forestry's Jessica Newyer candidly acknowledged that there simply aren't enough firefighters on the ground — crews are being forced to prioritize which fires receive full staffing, a triage approach that signals just how badly resources are stretched. [1] — Joni Audenland "Record-low winter snowfall in Oregon has ignited a wave of wildfires across the Pacific Northwest, forcing thousands to evacuate — includin…" 01:58
Record-low winter snowfall in Oregon has ignited a wave of wildfires across the Pacific Northwest, forcing thousands to evacuate — including the tribal community of Warm Springs. Firefighters are stretched so thin they must triage which fires to fight.
Oregon experienced record-low snowfall this past winter, contributing to the explosion of wildfires across the region.
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