The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that a fire on the Bear Creek Greenway Aug. 28 started in a transient camp.
The fire started on the Greenway at Dean Creek Road near Interstate 5 exit.
Gov. Kate Brown ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset Monday in honor of Logan Taylor, a wildland firefighter from Talent who died Aug. 18 wh.
A public memorial service will be held for local firefighter Logan Taylor, who died battling the Rum Creek Fire northwest of Galice.
The service starts at 10 a.m. Monday at the Harry & David Field.
The Rum Creek Fire north of Galice, where a firefighter from Talent was killed on Thursday, is not contained and has spread to 60 acres.
Meanwhile, the number of fires burning in the Rogue River-Siski.
JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. – Oregon Department of Forestry s Southwest District (ODF) says firefighters are responding to approximately 50 fires left overnight after Wednesday s thunderstorms.