Five year anniversary of the Labor Day fires in Oregon
Images from some of the devastation that has taken place in Oregon during an unprecedented fire season.
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Firefighters at the incident command center for the Beachie Creek wildfire work to extinguish the blaze that started when high winds blew trees into power lines on Sept. 7, 2020. About a hundred members of the Beachie Creek firefighting team were forced to evacuate their camp at Gates School that night and relocate their command center to Salem.
Mark Turney / Courtesy of U.S. Forest Service
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Ellie Owens, 8, looks at fire damage Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Talent.
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Jackson County District 5 firefighters Captain Aaron Bustard, front right, and Andy Buckingham work on a smoldering fire in a burned neighborhood in Talent, on Sept. 11, 2020.
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Beth Deleo holds her dog as Ben Quaempts loads donated items into their van at the Milwaukie-Portland Elks Lodge, Sept. 13, 2020, in Oak Grove. The two have been living in their van for the past several days after evacuating from Molalla, Oregon, which was threatened by the Riverside Fire.
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Carrie Rhodes and Richard Pickle, evacuees from the Santiam Canyon Fire, at the Linn County fair grounds evacuation center in Albany, Sept. 8, 2020.
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Ashlynn Davis, center, helps unload donations at the Linn County fair grounds evacuation center in Albany, Sept. 8, 2020.
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Smoke and smoldering fires in a neighborhood in Talent, Sept. 11, 2020.
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A burned cat temporarily named Chestnut is seen recovering from her injuries at the Southern Oregon Veterinary Specialty Center, a 24/7 hospital dealing with rescued animals from the wildfires in the region on Sept. 12, 2020, in Central Point.
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Sheryl Christian rests on a cot with her mother Pat Skundrick at the evacuation center set up at the Jackson County Fairgrounds on Sept. 12, in Central Point. They lived together at the Glenwood Mobile park and lost their home to the wildfires.
Paula Bronstein / AP
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Four wildfires continued gaining ground, aided by high winds in Molalla, Sept. 9, 2020.
Jonathan Levinson / OPB
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The remains of a home destroyed in the Santiam Fire near Gates, Sept. 9, 2020.
Bradley W. Parks / OPB
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Roxane Emerson hugs her grandson after finding her home safe from the Santiam Fire near Gates, on Sept. 9, 2020.
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Chelsea DeVos scrambles to salvage possessions from her home as the Santiam Fire approaches near Gates, Sept. 9, 2020.
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A partially burned American flag flutters in the breeze in front of the remains of a mobile home in Talent, Sept. 10, 2020. 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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Leslie Butlovich stands with two of her seven rescue dogs in a parking lot shelter in Clackamas County, on Sept. 10, 2020. Evacuation zones expanded as two of the four fires burning in Clackamas County might possibly merge.
Jonathan Levinson / 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. 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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The charred husk of a car in a neighborhood burned in the Santiam Fire near Gates, Sept. 9, 2020.
Bradley W. Parks / OPB
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Chance Johnson hugs Sarah Hunter after as they help evacuate animals Sept. 9, 2020, in Canby.
Jonathan Levinson / OPB
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Kyle St. Clair and his wife Kerina, at their home in Molalla, prepare to evacuate on Sept. 9, 2020.
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Bridgette Noce took in horses and people who had been evacuated from nearby areas in Canby, Sept. 9, 2020.
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Animals evacuated from nearby areas are sheltered at Bridgette Noce's farm on Sept. 9, 2020, in Canby.
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Kyle St. Clair and his wife Kerina prepare to evacuate their home, Sept. 9, 2020 in Molalla.
Jonathan Levinson / OPB
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Firefighters give directions during the Santiam Fire near Gates, on Sept. 9, 2020.
Bradley W. Parks / OPB
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Evacuees from the Santiam Fire at the state fairgrounds in Salem, Sept. 10, 2020, where county officials and the American Red Cross have established an aid center.
Arya Surowidjojo
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Mary Thomson, left, from Phoenix gets assistance from Salvation Army officer Tawnya Stumpf at the evacuation center at the Jackson County Fairgrounds on Sept. 12, 2020, in Central Point.
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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 Sept. 12, 2020, in Central Point.
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