Klamath Falls, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Forestry, working with the Chiloquin–Agency Lake Rural Fire Department and Klamath County Fire District #5, responded to two fires recently with one being close to 1.5 acres and the second one a quarter acre. These fires resulted from escaped debris burns.
Fire personnel from each agency and the landowners worked on controlling the fires on two different afternoon and evenings until both were out.
These are just two of several escaped debris burns fire agencies have been responding to in Northern California and Southern Oregon since the above average warmer weather has returned following a record breaking dry winter the geographic area has experienced. A debris fire is the burning organic material, such as yard trimmings, tree limbs, needle build-up, or forest litter.
The Department of Forestry, Klamath-Lake District, responded to 27 Debris Burn fires in the last 3 years with over half of those being in the middle of spring. Fire officials say planning and taking preventative measures could have prevented these fires.
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