2022 Oregon wildfires

2022 Oregon wildfries
Pyrocumulus cloud created by the Cedar Creek Fire in Oregon
Pyrocumulus cloud created by the Cedar Creek Fire in Oregon on August 4
Impacts
Deaths2
Structures destroyed2
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The 2022 Oregon wildfire season was a series of wildfires burning in the U.S. state of Oregon.

On August 28, 2022, Governor Kate Brown declared a statewide emergency because multiple wildfires, including the Rum Creek Fire.[1][2] That same month, Governor Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act because of the Miller Road/Dodge Fire.[3]

  1. ^ "Oregon governor declares statewide emergency as wildfire spreads". Associated Press. August 29, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "Governor Declares Wildfire State Of Emergency | News Radio 1190 KEX". Portland Local News. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "Brown declares conflagration for wildfire south of The Dalles". Oregon Public Broadcasting. August 3, 2022. Archived from the original on August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.