A historic wildfire season in Oregon
Images from some of the devastation that has taken place in Oregon during an unprecedented fire season.
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The remains of a home destroyed in the Santiam Fire near Gates, Ore., Sept. 9, 2020. Fires around Oregon could become the deadliest, costliest in state history.
Bradley W. Parks / OPB
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Against a smoke-filled sky, a man offers salvation to commuters from a freeway overpass in Portland, Ore. The air quality in the city has been ranked as the worst of all major cities in the world due to smoke blowing in from several surrounding wildfires.
Claudia Meza / OPB
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On the edge of where Highway 22 is closed, the town of Stayton, Ore., is thick with smoke. Sept 10, 2020
Stephani Gordon / OPB
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Jim Furlow's son gives him a hug on Sept. 10, 2020, in a parking lot shelter in Clackamas County, Ore. Jim and his wife Tracy were getting ready to evacuate further north as fire officials expanded the county's evacuation zones.
Jonathan Levinson / OPB
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Four wildfires continued gaining ground and firefighters worried that two would soon merge in Clackamas County on Sept. 10, 2020.
Jonathan Levinson / OPB
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Leslie Butlovich stands with two of her seven rescue dogs in a parking lot shelter in Clackamas County, Ore., on Sept. 10, 2020. Fire officials were concerned that two fo the four fires burning in Clackamas County were close to merging as evacuation zones continued to expand.
Jonathan Levinson / OPB
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A partially burned American flag flutters in the breeze in front of the remains of a mobile home in Talent, Ore., on Thursday, Sept. 10. More than 50 mobile homes in this park were completely destroyed by the Almeda Fire which came through the area Tuesday.
Brandon Swanson / OPB
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Madeline Smith walks between what was the living room and laundry room of her house in Talent, Ore., south of Medford. She has been picking through the rubble looking for anything that can be salvaged after wildfire tore through her home.
Brandon Swanson / OPB
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Several buildings at Sage Community School are burned to the foundation after the Two Four Two fire tore through Klamath Agency along Highway 62, north of Klamath Lake.
Brandon Swanson / OPB
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Chelsea DeVos scrambles to salvage possessions from her home as the Santiam Fire approaches near Gates, Ore., Sept. 9, 2020. Fires around Oregon could become the deadliest, costliest in state history.
Bradley W. Parks / OPB
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Roxane Emerson hugs her grandson after finding her home safe from the Santiam Fire near Gates, Ore., Sept. 9, 2020. Fires around Oregon could become the deadliest, costliest in state history.
Bradley W. Parks / OPB
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The charred husk of a car in a neighborhood burned in the Santiam Fire near Gates, Ore., Sept. 9, 2020. Fires around Oregon could become the deadliest, costliest in state history.
Bradley W. Parks / OPB
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Liquid spills from a vehicle destroyed in the Santiam Fire near Gates, Ore., Sept. 9, 2020. Fires around Oregon could become the deadliest, costliest in state history.
Bradley W. Parks / OPB
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Smoke rolls in along the Columbia River corridor near Cascade Locks as wildfires burn across Oregon, Thursday Sept 10, 2020.
Stephani Gordon
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Chance Johnson hugs Sarah Hunter the two loaded a horse into a trailer to be evacuated north on Sept. 9 2020 in Canby, Oregon. Four wildfires continued gaining ground in Clackamas County aided by high winds.
Jonathan Levinson / OPB
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Kyle St. Clair and his wife Kerina prepare to evacuate at their home on Sept. 9 2020 in Molalla, Oregon. Four wildfires continued gaining ground in Clackamas County aided by high winds in Malalla, Oregon, on September 9, 2020.
Jonathan Levinson / OPB
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Bridgette Noce took in horses and people who had been evacuated from nearby areas on Sept. 9 2020 in Canby, Oregon. Four wildfires continued gaining ground in Clackamas County aided by high winds.
Jonathan Levinson / OPB
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Bridgette Noce took in horses and people who had been evacuated from nearby areas on Sept. 9 2020 in Canby, Oregon. Four wildfires continued gaining ground in Clackamas County aided by high winds.
Jonathan Levinson / OPB
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Kyle St. Clair and his wife Kerina prepare to evacuate at their home on Sept. 9 2020 in Molalla, Oregon. Four wildfires continued gaining ground in Clackamas County aided by high winds in Malalla, Oregon, on September 9, 2020.
Jonathan Levinson / OPB
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The aftermath of a fire at a timber mill near Molalla in Clackamas County, Ore.. on Sept. 10, 2020. Four wildfires continued gaining ground in the county and firefighters worried that two would soon merge.
Jonathan Levinson / OPB
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The American Red Cross established an aid center at the state fairgrounds in Salem, Ore., to help people evacuated from by the Santiam Fire, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020.
Arya Surowidjojo
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Evacuees from the Santiam Fire continue to stream to the state fairgrounds in Salem on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, where county officials and the American Red Cross have established an aid center.
Arya Surowidjojo
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A helicopter is grounded in a smoky field near the incident command center for the Santiam Fire near Gates, Ore., Sept. 9, 2020. Fires around Oregon could become the deadliest, costliest in state history.
Bradley W. Parks / OPB
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Firefighters give directions during the Santiam Fire near Gates, Ore., Sept. 9, 2020. Fires around Oregon could become the deadliest, costliest in state history.
Bradley W. Parks / OPB
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Joshua Graham heads to talk to firefighters battling the Santiam Fire near Gates, Ore., Sept. 9, 2020. Fires around Oregon could become the deadliest, costliest in state history.
Bradley W. Parks / OPB
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Mary Thomson, left, from Phoenix gets assistance from Salvation Army officer Tawnya Stumpf at the evacuation center set up at the Jackson County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020 in Central Point, Ore. They lost their home to the destructive wildfires devastating the region.
Paula Bronstein / AP
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Don and Carrie Rascal from Phoenix rest on a cot with their dog at the evacuation center set up at the Jackson County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020 in Central Point, Ore. They lost their home to the destructive wildfires devastating the region.
Paula Bronstein / AP