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Oregon’s first large wildfire of season, the Butte Creek Fire, mapped at 1,776 acres
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Oregon’s first major wildfire of the season, the Butte Creek Fire, has been mapped at 1,776 acres burning on the John Day River 9 miles north of Clarno in eastern Oregon as of May 27.
Firefighters were suppressing the blaze with multiple crews, engines, dozers and aircraft.
No evacuations or closures were in place. However, boaters on the popular stretch of the John Day River “are being asked to use caution as helicopters will continue dipping water out of the John Day River today,” according to Central Oregon Fire Information.
The fire was burning mostly in grass and rangeland forest.
Oregon is forecast to see the hottest temperatures of the season so far over the coming week, with temperatures reaching 90 degrees in eastern Oregon.
Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 18 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. He can be reached at zurness@StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6801. Find him on X at @ZachsORoutdoors and BlueSky at oregonoutdoors.bsky.social.