Oregon Burning

Fires in Oregon are being created as fast as firefighters can contain them.  Most are in Southern Oregon, but newer ones are also springing up in Eastern Oregon.  The Oregonian is reporting over a thousand lightning strikes in a 24 hour period, alongside the huge fires in Southern Oregon that have been burning over a week.

Elsewhere, firefighters are battling four big complexes in southern Oregon, one large fire in central Oregon and two big fires in Washington.
The biggest concern is the Douglas complex north of Glendale, which has scorched nearly 43,000 acres. About 470 homes and 40 commercial buildings are under some form of evacuation alert. The fire has destroyed two commercial properties and two other buildings, Mills said. But no homes have been burned.
The Douglas complex is 28 percent contained.

The air quality in Southern Oregon has hit hazardous levels, with little relief in sight.

Smoke from wildfires burning across the state prompted the Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on Thursday to warn residents about risks associated with increasingly poor air quality.