More than 1,000 lightning strikes in Central Oregon
Smoke billows from the Shoe Fly Fire near Mitchell on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. The fire grew from a small 200 acre fire on Monday to more than 20,000 acres on Tuesday.
The summer of 2024 is shaping out to be one of the worst wildfire years in Wheeler County's history.
After local volunteers and firefighters from around the country worked to fight more than 118,000 acres of wildfire from the Lone Rock Fire in the northern part of Wheeler County, the Shoe Fly Fire is now burning at more than 20,000 acres as of press time, with 0% containment.
On Tuesday, the Wheel...
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