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Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 1:59 pm La Pine firefighter/paramedics were alerted to a swimmer in distress in a very remote and rugged portion of the upper Deschutes River entrapped by the current and a down tree/log in the river (aka sweeper) and was struggling to stay above the water. Per La Pine Fire Captain Miller: a 34 y.o. male was in distress in the river free swimming without any boat, floatation device, or life vest and had been surprised and caught in the fast current and got into trouble on a very remote and rugged part of the Deschutes River between Pringle Falls and the undeveloped Tetherow landing. 911 relayed GPS coordinates of acquaintance on shore who happen to have a cell phone. The fire district responded a QRU, two paramedic units, and a rescue engine with water rescue gear. However, firefighters could not get within a mile of the remote site by vehicle. DCSO Search Rescue Team had currently two other backcountry rescues in progress with the missing swimmer in the Terre
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New lightning fires engulf 16,000 acres in Central Oregon July 01 2021
The Rattlesnake Fire at the South Junction campground is estimated at 4,700 acres with no containment. A lightning storm passed through Central Oregon Wednesday, June 30 and early Thursday, July 1, blanketing the landscape with hundreds of lightning strikes and localized precipitation. Crews worked through the night on several fires and have picked up five new starts Thursday morning.
An update from Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch at noon July 1 reports that the largest fire in Central Oregon remains the Wrentham Market Fire currently estimated at 10,000 acres east of Dufur in Wasco County. The Oregon State Fire Marshall Team with assistance from the Central Oregon Fire Management Service fire officials, is responding to the fire burning on unprotected lands in the Columbia Rural Fire Protection District. The Wasco County Sheriff s Office issued Level 3 evacuation notices Wednesday for homes i
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