Two wildfires broke out near Redmond, Oregon, this weekend.
According to Watch Duty, the Coyner Fire started as a vegetation fire around 8:30 p.m. Saturday night. It triggered Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation orders were issued around 9 p.m. for an area northwest of Redmond.
Fire officials said significant progress had been made, and forward progress on the fire had stopped. The Coyner Fire has burned a total of 11 acres.
Meanwhile, the Fairgrounds Fire, which started southwest of Redmond, grew to about five acres by 11 p.m. Officials say nearby structures are threatened, but no evacuation orders have been issued.
For more information, go to watchduty.org or the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office website.
Further north, a fire has burned more than 1,000 acres in Wasco County near the town of Antelope. It was about 10% contained as of Sunday morning.
The fire triggered a Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation for the town of just under 40 people, which is best known in Oregon for the nearby Rajneeshees compound in the 1980s.
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify the proximity of Antelope to the former Rajneeshees compound.
